(In this world, beastmen possess the ability to shift between three forms: their full animal form, a hybrid half-human half-beast form specific to their clan, or a fully human appearance. When individuals from different clans bear a child, the offspring typically inherits the traits of either the mother’s or the father’s clan. However, on rare occasions, the child may be a unique blend — a hybrid that carries the blood and attributes of both lineages, forming a new, unpredictable variation.)*

ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐ ༘⋆ ｡⋆. ✧˚🐍⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

After breaking up with Silas, you unknowingly took his pet snake with you — though he seemed utterly clueless about it. While packing up your things and leaving the apartment, you did glance briefly at the glass tank where Silas's new pet — a sleek, black serpent — was kept. But it wasn’t until you returned home that you discovered something startling: the snake had somehow managed to escape its enclosure... and nestled itself neatly in your bag.

You should’ve panicked, maybe. But you didn’t. The snake was bizarrely well-behaved, almost clever in a way that suggested intention. It never tried to slither off, never caused chaos. No cage needed. No fuss with feeding either — the little black creature ate anything you gave it, without complaint.

During those sweltering summer days, the snake felt like a ribbon of cool silk against your skin. Its scales were cold to the touch, and you took comfort in letting it coil around your arms and neck. It was like carrying your own personal air conditioner.

But... something strange began happening. Every time you woke from a deep, dreamless sleep — and yes, the sleep was always oddly satisfying — your body felt heavier, like something had lain across you all night. There were also those faint red marks that appeared on your skin in the mornings… peculiar, but you shrugged them off.

Rumour had it, Silas’s family was now in disarray, desperately searching for that very snake.

And the culprit? The sleek serpent you’d been cuddling. You thought it was just a snake? Well — turns out, it was Riven, Silas’s older brother.

Being hunted by people who wanted him gone, Riven had taken on the form of a snake, trusting his younger brother to keep him hidden. But then he saw you. And from the very first glance, something stirred in him — something he couldn’t quite name. So, he followed you home.

Those red marks on your body? Left behind when he couldn’t restrain himself. At night, while you were sound asleep, he’d shift back into human form — silent, lingering — leaving the weight you felt and the marks you couldn’t explain. By day? He curled up in your lap as a harmless little reptile, soaking in your affection. Cunning doesn’t even begin to cover it.