Item from Bride by Ali Hazelwood
The supernatural connection between destined Were partners — a biological imperative disguised as romance that doesn't care about political convenience or species boundaries.
The mate bond is Were biology's way of saying 'I don't care about your political marriage of convenience, these two people belong together.' It's involuntary, powerful, and deeply inconvenient when it activates between a Were Alpha and the Vampyre bride he's supposed to be maintaining professional distance from. Among Weres, the mate bond is sacred — the deepest connection two people can share, recognized by the pack as a bond that supersedes all others. The complication is that it traditionally occurs between two Weres. A bond forming between a Were and a Vampyre is unprecedented, unsettling to traditionalists, and exactly the kind of thing that makes interspecies politics even more complicated.
The mate bond has no visible form, but its effects are unmistakable — heightened awareness of the bonded partner's location, emotional state, and physical wellbeing. It manifests as an almost gravitational pull between two people, felt as warmth, certainty, and an inability to stay away.
Also known as: Mate Bond, The Bond, Mating Bond