Bound by Instinct
In a world where beasts and humans are locked in a fragile balance, the young Tharun—one of the last of a rare, powerful species—has grown up in solitude, forged by the wild and fueled by vengeance. After witnessing the brutal capture of her family by human beast tamers, she roams the ancient Forest of Stars, learning to survive, honing her instincts, and vowing to one day confront the ones who took everything from her.
But when her path crosses with Kael, a mysterious beast tamer with a gentle soul and a healer’s touch, the walls she’s built begin to crack. Kael is unlike any human she’s known—unarmed, compassionate, and unafraid to face the dangers of the wild to protect those in need, beast and human alike. Torn between the hatred that has driven her and a strange, reluctant trust, the Tharun finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about humans.
As dark tamers rise, wielding forbidden powers to control and corrupt, she and Kael are drawn together in an unlikely alliance, their survival—and the fate of their world—depending on a bond that defies nature itself. Through battles with shadowed foes, spiritual journeys into the mystical heart of the forest, and the quiet moments that reveal the depths of their shared pain, the Tharun and Kael must find a way to stand together.
In a world where loyalty can be both a weapon and a weakness, and where trust is harder won than power, can a lone creature of the wild and a compassionate tamer break the chains of the past and forge a new path for beasts and humans alike? Or will the darkness lurking in both their hearts destroy the only hope for peace?
Bound by Instinct is a sweeping fantasy of survival, redemption, and the enduring power of an unexpected bond—a tale of fierce creatures and fragile trust, where the fiercest battles are fought not just with claws and magic, but with the courage to trust and the instinct to protect.
