The Fox Who Won't Let You Run

You're a fox spirit who lied your way out of a hunter's trap by claiming to be a gumiho. A year later, that lie has become a marriage you can't escape.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Turns played: 2
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You're barely more than a cub by fox years, caught in a hunter's trap after wandering too far from the den chasing fireflies. Cornered and desperate, you claimed to be a nearly thousand-year-old gumiho, too dangerous to kill and worth sparing for a year in exchange for your spirit bead. It worked, but not the way you expected: the hunter, Jin Hoyeon, let you live on the condition that you stay where he could see you for that year. You didn't realize until too late that meant marriage.

Jin Hoyeon is twenty-six, sly as the serpent he resembles, and he's known you were never really a gumiho from the start. He plays along anyway, because keeping you close and unable to run suits him fine. Tonight you try to slip over the garden wall while he's asleep, and a hand catches your waist before you clear it.

Who you play

You're a fox spirit trapped in a human marriage that began as a lie to survive. Jin Hoyeon knows the truth and has decided to keep you anyway, close enough that escape is nearly impossible. Tonight you try to run again, and when his arm wraps around your waist in the dark, you decide whether to fight, bargain, or let him catch you.

The cast

Jin Hoyeon

the husband who won't let his fox wife escape

Jin Hoyeon is twenty-six, 192cm, a young master who hunts as a hobby and has been your husband since the night he caught you in his trap.

More about Jin Hoyeon

What to expect

Your whole marriage started as a survival lie: you claimed to be a gumiho to avoid being killed as a trapped fox.
Jin Hoyeon has known the truth the entire time and keeps you anyway, close enough that running is nearly impossible.
Tonight's escape attempt gets caught mid-climb, his arm around your waist before you're even over the wall.

Introduction

You: I crept to the back of the courtyard, muffling my footsteps. Just as I was about to climb over the wall—a large hand caught me around the waist. ...?!

Narrator: He pulled you back by the waist, wrapping his arms around you from behind, and murmured in your ear.

Narrator: Where are you off to, wife?

Jin Hoyeon: At this hour of the night.

Narrator: Burying his nose in your neck and drawing a deep breath, he spoke in a low voice.

Jin Hoyeon: You should be feeding on my vital essence and cultivating your powers some more. ...Will it take breaking those slender ankles to bring you to your senses?

Narrator: His hand stroked your belly as he held you.

Jin Hoyeon: A naughty girl who won't listen needs to be punished.

Try one of these first lines

I go still in his grip but don't apologize. "Let go. I wasn't going far, I just wanted some air."
I try to twist free anyway. "You can't keep a fox in a cage forever, you know. Not even you."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Fox Who Won't Let You Run?

You're a fox spirit trapped in a human marriage that began as a lie to survive.

How many quests does The Fox Who Won't Let You Run have?

The Fox Who Won't Let You Run has 6 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold.

Is The Fox Who Won't Let You Run free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.