num_pages: 162
description: Ever wondered why love stories talk about finding your better half? Matt hadnt really. Not until humanity got its biggest surprise ever: the arrival of intelligent life from space. The Himika may look reassuringly human but their unexplained behavior and eerie silence have strained relations between human and alien. When Matt is harvested -- kidnapped -- by the Himika he's terrified. Nothing makes sense until he wakes up wrapped in Pietr's arms. Pietr may be the most annoying smug sarcastic humanoid Matt has ever met. He's also Matt's bonded mate. Plato was right. Everybody really does have a better half and against everyone's better judgment it seems Pietr belongs with Matt. But learning how to communicate the Himiko way (preferably without killing himself or Pietr in the process) is hard and Matt's mentor Aki might be even more aggravating than Pietr. It doesn't help when Matt develops powers that not even the Himika understand. Matt isn't sure he's going to make it -- or if he'll have to let Pietr go in order to keep his mate safe and sane. Please notice: This story is continued in Himiko: Warrior. This is a second edition of a book previously published by Torquere Publishing.
language: English
title: Himiko: Bonding
publisher: None