The Enemy Soulmate

In this fantasy novella, when people who are fated to be soulmates meet for the first time, matching tattoo-like soulmarks appear on their bodies. Eighteen-year-old Fedir had hoped that his soulmate would be a girl; a nice, friendly girl from his own tribe. But, whilst hunting in the forest near his village, he spies a young male from an enemy tribe; and, to Fedir’s horror, his soulmark appears.
Soulmarks cannot be obliterated, and fate is immutable. Fedir is afraid that his people will kill or exile him when they find out that his soulmate is an enemy. He wonders if he should just kill his wretched soulmate while he has the chance, and solve the whole problem with one bloody deed, perhaps doing both himself and his soulmate a favour … but can he bring himself to murder the person who is supposed to become his dearest friend?
Meanwhile, Asheena has already been exiled from his tribe because his soulmark appeared when he set eyes on Fedir. He is heartbroken, homeless, with no support and no future, except perhaps a lonely existence in the wilderness or a risky trek to some faraway land.
Now he, Fedir, and Fedir’s tribe are all faced with a dilemma: what do they do about the fact that Fedir and Asheena should be enemies but are in fact soulmates?