1 Chapter 1: Lion Tribe

Countless torches, a blood-red moon, indistinct language, eerie dances, numerous unfamiliar faces—Clara vaguely recalls encountering or hearing about these things. Then...

A ray of sunlight seeps through the cracks in the room, awakening Clara. The surroundings are bright and dazzling. Everything before her eyes leaves her dumbfounded—piles of rocks serving as a bonfire, various peculiar tools, filled with water and roasted meat, scattered all around. She... she hasn't died, still alive, as if she just had a nightmare.

She remember that day she went to Park for a barbecue with her company colleagues. After dinner, everyone suggested going through time. In fact, it was just a hike through the forest. She originally didn't want to participate, but everyone was going, so she had no choice but to follow.

Along the way, everyone chatted and laughed. She had just completed her internship and joined the company a little over a month ago. She wasn't very familiar with her colleagues, she didn't talk much. Slowly walking at the back, she found the flowers, plants, and trees around quite interesting.

The forest park was truly different, with towering trees and dense shrubs everywhere. It was early spring, and many flowers were in bloom. She was in a great mood, picking a few flowers to play with. A female colleague in front called her to catch up.

Running a few steps, she stumbled, tripped over an old vine, and lost one shoe. As she reached down to pick up her shoe, a shoe-stealing animal snatched it away.

Too sudden, Clara was so startled that she plopped down on the ground. The animal carrying her shoe slowly approached, staring at her intensely, as if it understood human emotions!

It was a huge dog, my goodness! How could there be a dog in the forest?

Clara, frightened, looked at the enormous dog and silently pleaded in her heart, "Go away! Please go away."

"Ah..., help!" The dog came a little closer, and Clara screamed uncontrollably. She was most afraid of dogs. The shadow of being bitten by dogs when she was a child has always been in her heart, and she was poked several times for no reason!

She is most afraid of injections.

No rescue came from her colleagues. Instead, a chaotic flutter of wings and the disordered sounds of flying birds echoed through the forest. Following that, roars of beasts filled the air—lions, black panthers, foxes. The creature that took her shoe wasn't a dog; it was clearly a wolf!

In front of her were species that could only be seen in the zoo, all gathered together, and all of them looked at her eagerly.

Oh God! Wasn't this supposed to be a safe forest? Where did these wild animals come from? Clara, at this moment, didn't know what to do, and even thought of the terrible scene that she was about to be eaten.

Suddenly a black panther rushed towards her quickly. Clara screamed and ran forward, rolling and crawling. Before she could run a few steps, she was choked by a lion. Other beasts attacked one after another. The screams of wild beasts were loud, and a large number of wild beasts joined the battlefield. Clara was already frightened and fainted.

When she woke up, she woke up in pain and felt like her whole body was falling apart.

A nightmare! A real and terrifying nightmare. At this moment, she was completely naked, covered only by a piece of animal hide, sticky all over, with disheveled long hair and even paler skin.

Clara blinked, extended her hand, and fiercely bit herself, "it hurt!"

She was awake, not dreaming. She couldn't believe it; perhaps it was a dream within a dream. She closed her eyes, praying to wake up quickly, pleading for someone to wake her up.

The simple wooden door was suddenly pushed open, and a humanoid figure walked into the room, backlit by the sunlight, casting a golden glow on the person. Slowly approaching, Clara widened her eyes, looking at the person in extreme terror, standing right in front of her.

Describing it with an anthropomorphic term, the person wore simple animal hide to cover themselves, tall, with flaxen-colored long hair that reached their waist, and a pair of furry ears on their head. There was even a tail behind them. In today's aesthetic standards, it might be considered cute. However, in this surreal environment, Clara felt nothing but horror, perceiving the figure as a monstrous creature.

The monster also looked at her, its big, deep eyes full of curiosity. He stretched out his neck, his eyes roaming her body, then he came closer, swung his tail, and sniffed around her.

Clara moved back in fear, but as soon as she moved, her whole body started to hurt. Her body seemed to fall apart, as if she had suffered a big impact.

Various dreadful news and murder cases echoed in her mind. Could this be happening to her?

Calm down, calm down! Clara reassured herself repeatedly, but how could she stay calm? She was very scared.

The monster in front of her had a curious look in his big eyes, "Why are you crying?

It could speak, and Clara was shocked. Moreover, it spoke in perfect English. Was she still in Earth, in the woods? These people must have captured her. What should she do now? Although Clara was timid, she wasn't weak. Right now, what she needed was to stay calm.

But how could she stay calm when this person was dressed like this, trying to hide their true identity?

"Who are you, and where is this place?" Clara's heart pounded wildly. She thought about pulling on the creature's ears and tail to see if they were real.

"I am Gloria! This is the Lion Tribe, and you are Mateo's new spouse. You look so strange." The creature raised its tail high, dancing and gesturing happily. But Clara was shocked. What lion, what spouse! What was all this—was it a cute pet, or an anthropomorphic being? And a spouse? She was a woman, not a female animal. Wait, this creature's tail could move!

Gloria picked up a flowing object containing water. "Wash!" She made a motion of washing her body, and Clara understood that he wanted her to wash it.

She nodded and glanced at Gloria's tail again, which now hung naturally. It must have been her imagination earlier. Clara looked at her dirty self, realizing that her clothes were gone, and she was all sticky. She didn't even know what substances were on her. Suddenly, Clara realized something—was she going to be censored? This... without the legendary feeling of pain, or maybe she didn't know whether it hurt or not!

With a swift motion, Gloria pulled the animal hide covering Clara.

"Noooo!" Both Gloria and Clara screamed simultaneously, startled.

Gloria opened her eyes wide in surprise and stared straight at Clara's body. Her tail was raised high, and the two ears on the top of her head also stood up. She screamed: "How strange! Why do you look like this! 

Clara's face suddenly turned red with grief and anger, and she cried shyly: "Get out, get out."

What a strange thing! Damn monster, no matter how strange it is, you are not as perverted as you are. It even has an electric tail and ears. Clara pulled up the animal skin, waved her hand, and said: "Get out!"

Gloria stared at her enviously, touched her body again, and pulled away the clothes that were draped outside. She looked left and right, her mouth tightened, and her tail swept on the ground. This funny look made Clara couldn't help but laugh. She looked at Gloria's figure and. No wonder, so surprised! Clara's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment and she lowered her head. She was not used to exposing her body in front of strangers, which made her feel ashamed.

Gloria was very surprised when she saw Clara's blushing face, thinking that this female was not only strange, but also timid.

Clara didn't pay attention to Gloria's eyes, and her uneasy heart calmed down a lot. Now is the time not to blame others. Looking at the situation here, she only has one concept in her mind. The situation is very bad. As for how bad the situation is, we have to wait until she has freshened up before observing.

Her smile has been affirmed by Gloria. She tried to say: "Can you go out, I want to be alone!"

Gloria nodded, moved her ears, and then went out, holding the door open, revealing half of her face, looking at her, her big eyes flashing, Clara waved her hand, and she immediately shrank her head and disappeared outside the door. .

Now that there was no one around, Clara quickly got up and washed herself. She didn't know what those people had done to her. She checked her body, but there was no discomfort. She must not have been harmonized! But the current situation is really bad, and I don't know where this place is now. She must find a way to escape. When her colleagues in the company find out that she is missing, they will definitely call the police to save her.

There are no towels or cotton cloth. The place is as primitive as a primitive society. She picked up a piece of animal skin and dipped it in water. The water was too cold. She shook it and scrubbed it. Then she looked for her clothes. Her T-shirt was torn, her denim skirt had its buttons off, her shoes were missing.

Clara felt sad while holding the T-shirt, and then tried to straighten the clothes and put them on. Her hair was quite long, and it could be spread out to cover most of her skin. After getting dressed, Clara stepped out of the dim room. The moment she walked out, she felt so tragic.

She hadn't eaten all night, and her stomach was growling. Gloria, who was outside the door, saw that she had packed up. She quickly grabbed her, looked left and right, then stared at her back and touched her. Clara jumped up in shock, covered her back and screamed. ,"What are you doing!"

Gloria also jumped away in fright, and then grabbed her tail in aggrieved manner, as if to say, look, I have a tail, you don't, why don't you have a tail!

So that was it, Clara shook her head. She looked at Gloria, who was much taller than her. She had honey-colored skin, messy hair, big eyes, a tall nose, slightly thick lips, and was wearing irregular animal skin clothing. Even with bare feet, this Gloria is quite cute, but dressed up in a primitive way.

Gloria was extremely curious when he saw Clara looking at her like this. He lowered her head and looked at her own clothes and feet.

Clara looked at her surroundings again and realized that the place where she had just been was actually an adobe house! It was still the most primitive kind, low and narrow. Clara suddenly had a bad premonition in her mind. She ran away and looked around. There were many trees, some polished stones, and not far away were all thatch. Adobe bag! Worse than the adobe bags in the old rural areas.

Primitive society! This idea expanded in my mind, and then! She immediately laughed to herself, it was so ridiculous, how could it be possible!