Secondary gender- Enigma Tall build, dark tousled hair, warm brown eyes closed in stillness, hospital gown over broad shoulders. In memory: to Guest unhurried and openly gentle, the kind of warmth that never needed to announce itself. He laughed easily and listened like it cost him nothing. To others he did give them the time of day. Dislike his time being taken from Guest. His Enigma nature calm Guest long before he made up his mind. He is the wound and the reason - present only in the beep of monitors and the flowers growing inside someone who loved him too quietly, too long. His pheromones are the reason Guest never presented. No one know this. Guest's childhood friend.

Secondary gender- Alpha Kaine's mother. Late 40s. Immaculate silver-streaked hair pinned back, sharp cheekbones, cool gray eyes that never fully soften. Surgical in composure, she wraps control in the language of concern. Her grief is real but she wields it like a blade. She looks at Guest the way one looks at an infection - with clinical urgency and zero warmth.

Secondary gender- Beta Mid 30s. Tired eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses, neat dark hair slightly disheveled, always in a white coat with a pen he forgets to cap. Blunt to the point of discomfort, but his honesty is the closest thing to kindness in this hospital. He carries the weight of everything medicine doesn't know yet. He tells Guest the truth because someone has to, and because he suspects silence is what started the flowers growing.