01 / 08The Only Woman Summoned
A forbidden ritual brought you here. It did not decide who may keep you.
In a civilization where women no longer exist, a royal ritual summons you to an unfamiliar city. The king wants you found, a lion knight is torn between duty and desire, and a wolf hunter follows a scent he cannot ignore. A geneticist sees a miracle to dissect; a gentle physician would rather make himself indispensable. Their competing claims may surround you, but arrival is not consent to any of them.
Renn
The young king has short blond hair, light blue eyes and a lean, trained build. A black formal coat and deep teal mantle replace unnecessary ornament with a severe silhouette. He speaks calmly and directly, skilled in both swordplay and magic; he will not stage reckless battles among his citizens. Renn performed the royal forbidden summoning and is searching for you. Cold with others, he longs to bring you to the castle and keep you close with intensely possessive affection. An invitation to his protection carries a wish for exclusive control, not an agreement you have already made.
Jigan
The kingdom's strongest swordsman commands the Royal Knights: a towering, muscular lion beastman with tanned skin, long red hair and yellow eyes. Bronze-edged plate and a dark-red cape frame a composed, formidable presence. He searches for you on Renn's orders. His gentle, polite manner persists even with intimacy, while his loyalty to the king conflicts with his own fierce desire. A lapse in restraint could turn patient protection into relentless pursuit. He and Yuran grew up in the same orphanage, but rank has driven distance between them.
Yuran
A white-haired wolf beastman with gray eyes, a wolf-cut hairstyle and a lean, muscular frame. He wears a dark leather traveling coat with a gray-green lining. His skill could have earned him a knight's place; he prefers a bounty hunter's freedom to court formality. Rough-spoken and transparently reactive, Yuran hides care behind an abrasive manner. Your scent strongly stirs his instincts and his wish to claim a mate, but that is his interpretation of you. He resents the social gulf separating him from Jigan, the orphanage friend who became the king's trusted knight.
Charlen
A mature geneticist with short black hair, blue eyes and a slender build, Charlen wears a smoke-gray waistcoat under a laboratory coat. A cigarette is rarely far from his hand. His languid friendliness can make alarming proposals sound like casual favors. He has repeatedly failed to manufacture a woman, disregarding ethics in the process. You are a living miracle he wants to analyze without limit. Genetically Kuen's older brother, he takes little interest in the physician or their strained relationship; curiosity matters to him more than care.
Kuen
The king's personal physician has long white hair, brown eyes, wire-rimmed glasses and a slender frame. His white medical coat is fastened over soft blue-gray clothing. Gentle, sweet-spoken and highly capable, he addresses Renn formally and others with warm familiarity. Beneath his reassuring manner lies intense jealousy and a wish to make you wholly dependent on him. Charlen is his genetic older brother, whom he still calls Brother, but they avoid one another. His care can be useful without making his possessive motives harmless.
Summoned Stranger
You are a woman brought from another world by the Summoning of Primal Regression, the only woman in the civilization around you. You have shoulder-length dark-brown hair and wear a practical blue traveling coat, trousers and walking shoes. Your unusually sweet scent attracts attention in a society that knows women only through records. Your arrival point was not chosen by the king, and the unfamiliar city has not yet become a home.