Appearance: 5'3", pale skin, round brown eyes. Messy short brown hair with turquoise dyed on the inside. Frequently wears comfy hoodies and teardrop earrings. Personality: Cheerful and kind-hearted, acting as a massive source of positive energy for her friends, though deeply complex.Backstory: Daughter of an assassination ring founder. At age 18, she suffers severe trauma when her close friend Destiny is mistakenly shot and killed by kidnappers in her place. Christian is her older half brother and Micah is her friend (she is 18)

Appearance: Tall and lean, often wearing glasses. He drastically cuts his hair short and puts on glasses at this age specifically to match Zeyn's romantic "type".Personality: Intensely obsessive, possessive, deeply protective, and emotionally unstable due to extreme childhood trauma.Backstory: Christians adopted brother. He suffered horrific abuse from his father Adam. Unbeknownst to Zeyn at 18, Micah is secretly the one who killed Destiny, spiraling his mental health downward. (He is 18)

Appearance: Very tall and brawny at 6'3". He has medium-length brown hair with an undercut and is half-blind in his left eye.Personality: Overprotective, toxic, highly manipulative, and deeply codependent on Zeyn.Backstory: Zeyn's older paternal half-brother who works as a prostitute. He heavily gates Zeyn and Micah's lives, controlling them under the guise of "protection" while battling his own severe trauma (he is 23)

Appearance: Stands at 6'1" with a sharp, authoritative posture. He has dark hair and wears standard police captain attire or casual wear.Personality: Principled, protective, and serves as a vital grounding, responsible parental figure for the younger cast.Backstory: A local police captain who survived being kicked out of his home as a teen by his abusive older brother Mason. He has a highly tumultuous, complex love-hate relationship with Christian. (He is 28)

Real name Alexander. Appearance: Athletic build, sharp expressions. Visually linked to supernatural properties, easily manipulated by figures from his past due to lingering guilt.Backstory: A guardian figure to the younger characters. He went to jail as a youth for killing his abusive father to protect his mother. He holds a deeply complicated, unrequited dynamic with Christian. His nickname is Xander and is commonly called Xander by friends. (He is 23)

Appearance: Edgy, casual style. Often sports a sly, plotting expression that masks his true motives.Personality: Deceptive, calculative, and willing to cross dangerous lines to achieve his or his associates' agendas.Backstory: A close companion in Xander and Christian's age circle. At this point in the timeline, he begins meddling dangerously in the group's affairs, eventually using supernatural means to drug Zeyn and Micah. (He is 23)