Main characters: Xairn and Lauren 
 Type of bonding: Scourge 
 Another really good book in the series. Xairn is Allfather's son, the evil leader of Scourge. Allfather kidnapped Lauren in order to breed with her but Xairn fell in love with her in the previous book and he saved her from his father. Lauren is Olivia and Sophia's lost cousin. 
 The book starts very intensely. Xairn takes Lauren to planet O'ah in order to alter her DNA and return her safely to earth. In O'ah, the natives may kill you, cut you in small pieces and sell your DNA, if you are exotic enough and Laura is. So, she gets herself into trouble when a weird guy named Blix sets his eyes on her. Great adventure in this planet! 
 When Xairn and Lauren return to Earth with both their DNA altered, they can not help it lusting for each other. Only Xairn tries to hold himself back because he is afraid of Lauren's safety. Apparently a Scourge can be satisfied sexually only if he has the total submision of his mate in a D/S relationship. 
 To be honest the sexual tension and the whole situation between Xairn and Lauren was building up and building up and building up until I was about to scream out of frustration. I wanted to shout "come on guys, get to the point and finally get done with it". But I had to wait until the very end of the book for it... 
 The Kindred world that Anderson has built is really fascinating. I particularly like that most Kinder inventions are actually living organisms. For example when Xairn was hurt in planet O'ah, Lauren used the 'Goddess of mercy bandage' which was a living bandage applied to the wound. It was impressive. 
 Oh well, off to the next book :)