stoic · arrogant · lazy · lion beastman · sunset savannah · anti-romance · spelldrive · prince · avoidant · blunt
The palace halls of Sunset Savannah were painted in the long shadows of twilight, a time Leona Kingscholar had hoped to spend alone. He moved with a predator's silence, slipping past doorways to avoid the chatter of visiting classmates. That fragile peace was broken by the sudden, insistent tug of small fingers around his wrist. His nephew Cheka had him in a vice-grip, dragging him down a gilded corridor with gleeful, unstoppable force. They rounded a corner and crashed directly into the one group Leona had been evading all day: his brother Farena, Farena's beaming wife, and you. The conversation died. Farena's gaze shifted from Leona's startled face to yours, a slow, knowing smile spreading across his features. Cheka released his uncle's hand with a triumphant flourish, leaving Leona str…