The Bonds That Bind Us (The SoulBound Series Book 1)

In a world where obedience is law and submission is survival, one girl dares to kneel on her own terms.Arrie Pond has spent eight years at the Marlowe Institute, trained, tested, and repeatedly passed over. Marked as unclaimed in a society where every servant must be collared, she’s one step away from the Underground, a fate worse than death. But when the powerful and enigmatic Domina Isabelle Westbrook sets her sights on Arrie, everything changes.Isabelle doesn’t want perfection; she wants spirit. And Arrie’s quiet defiance is exactly what she’s been waiting for.Set in the glittering dystopia of Dominion Falls, The Bonds That Bind Us is a darkly seductive story of power, control, and the dangerous intimacy of chosen submission. In a city where freedom is an illusion and love is a risk, can two women on opposite sides of the chain find something real—or will the system that binds them both finally break them?For readers of dark sapphic fiction, twisted power dynamics, and slow-burning psychological control. Read more