Lifemates (Valorèin)
Overview
A Lifemate is more than just a partner—it is the other half of one's soul. Among the Valorèin (Species), to become lifemates is to forge a bond so deep, so consuming, that nothing—not time, not death, not the universe itself—can fully sever it.
Lifemates share their lives, their love, their joys, and their sorrows. They are one in heart, one in mind, and one in body.
The Eternal Choice
Becoming a lifemate is the single most important decision a Valorèin can make.
- It is a bond that cannot be undone.
- It is an oath of eternal loyalty, companionship, and love.
- The choice is not taken lightly. To accept a lifemate is to accept forever.
To be a lifemate is to promise that no one else will ever hold your heart, your soul, or your body the way they do.
Companionship & Longing
Lifemates are not meant to be apart.
- To be separated for too long is agony.
- Their hearts ache, their bodies feel empty, their minds grow restless.
- The need to return to one another becomes a quiet, unbearable longing.
Even when apart, they can feel each other’s presence, like a whisper in the mind or a phantom touch on the skin. There is no true loneliness, only the waiting... and the burning need to be together again.
With a lifemate, pleasure and pain are never felt alone.
- A brush of fingers against the skin sends shivers through both of them.
- A kiss is experienced twice over—once as the giver, once as the receiver.
- Every moment of passion is a doubled ecstasy, each lost in their own pleasure yet drowning in the pleasure of their mate.
The intensity of their lovemaking is unlike anything else. When they reach their peak together, the pleasure is so overwhelming that they often lose consciousness in each other’s arms, bodies trembling, minds adrift in the euphoria of a love so deep, so powerful, it consumes them completely.
Beyond the Flesh
To be a lifemate is not just to share the body.
- It is to share the soul, to share the mind.
- Their emotions are one—if one weeps, the other feels their sorrow like a second heartbeat.
- If one laughs, the joy fills them both, light and free.
There is no such thing as alone. Even in silence, even in sleep, even in death— They are together. Always.