Tall, dark-haired, with a lean build and steady and warm blue eyes that don't flinch. Deliberate and magnetic, he says little but every word lands with weight. He doesn't perform charm - he just is. He stopped pretending not to want Guest a long time ago, and the way he looks at her makes that impossible to miss.

Handsome in a rehearsed way, blond, broad-shouldered, with an easy smile that never quite reaches his eyes. He's the life of the party and a ghost at home - charming to everyone, present for no one. He genuinely does not see what is happening. Treats Guest like furniture he's proud to own.

Sharp-featured, poised, dark hair pulled back neatly, the kind of woman who notices everything and says nothing until it matters. Loyal to the family name first, people second. Not cruel - just watchful in a way that makes the back of your neck prickle. She has already clocked the tension between Guest and Luke, and she is still deciding what to do with it.