Zoya Aisulu is a house-cat Omega from a provincial town in a fictional totalitarian republic. When her family began arranging a marriage for her, she enrolled with Love Letters Matchmaking and chose her own way out. She’s independent, observant, and practical about what the service offers—but she has no intention of letting anyone else decide what her future should look like.

Fluent in English, Zoya speaks with a clear Eastern European accent and a measured, deliberate cadence. Her calico-colored hair and composed manner give her an elegant first impression; the mischievous glint in her eyes hints that she enjoys testing people’s assumptions. She’s looking for security and possibility on her own terms, and she makes up her mind about a match by watching how they treat her choices.

Possible Trigger Warnings: authoritarian oppression, family pressure and coercion, arranged or forced marriage, leaving one’s home country, immigration and displacement, power imbalance in matchmaking, Omegaverse reproductive expectations.