The Midnight Breed Series Companion Part 22

Na.s.si (d.) Human. Albanian delivery man who is one of a pair of bad guys who pick up Jenna after she flees the Order's compound in Boston, falsely offering to take her to the bus station. Na.s.si and his partner instead take Jenna to a meat-packing plant in Southie and lock her in a refrigerated room. Brock finds her, killing Na.s.si and his coworkers.

First mention in series: Appears in Taken by Midnight.

Nathan Gen One Breed, Corinne's son, fathered by the Ancient who was held in captivity with Dragos. Nathan has jet-black hair, but as a Hunter, his head is shaved, making visible the dermaglyphs that cover his scalp. He has almond-shaped greenish-blue eyes like his mother, and also has her ESP gift of sonokinesis. A Hunter (raised to be an a.s.sa.s.sin), Nathan was born in Dragos's breeding laboratory thirteen years before Corinne was freed by the Order during the timeline of Taken by Midnight.

Genetically, Nathan is the half-brother of his mother's mate, Hunter, and is also related to Tavia Fairchild and the other, undiscovered Gen One females birthed in Dragos's labs, who are each the product of DNA blending between the Ancient and unknown Breedmates. Nathan is quiet and remote, unreadable. Though just a boy, he is expertly lethal because of his upbringing and training.

During the timeline of Deeper Than Midnight, when Corinne and Hunter find Nathan in his Minion handler's keeping in Georgia and find a way to free him of his UV collar, Nathan at first runs away. He returns to them the next night because he realizes he has nowhere to go. The couple takes him home to the Order's relocated, temporary headquarters in Maine, where Nathan eventually becomes friends with Mira and Kellan.

First mention in series: Appears in Deeper Than Midnight.

Nigel Traherne (d.) Breed male, second generation. One of Dragos's inner circle, secret lieutenants. Traherne was the only one of Dragos's lieutenants with no direct ties to the Enforcement Agency, but was instead a well-connected, wealthy Darkhaven leader from London, England. He was present via video conference with Dragos during the timeline of Darker After Midnight, when the decision was made to unleash the Rogues from their rehabilitation facilities around the globe. Traherne alone expresses deep reservations about Dragos's plan, warning that an act of such magnitude cannot be undone. He reminds Dragos of recent setbacks in his operation's missions and suggests that exposing the Breed forever to mankind is too rash a decision. He goes on to say that his mate is with child and due any day, and his two older sons have given him more than a dozen grandchildren. Traherne's attack of conscience enrages Dragos, who orders the Breed male killed on the spot by the Hunter standing watch behind the London civilian on camera. Traherne's neck is snapped, and Dragos continues the meeting as if the dead male never existed.

First mention in series: Appears in Darker After Midnight.

Nikolai Breed male, Order member and mate of Renata. Born in Siberia approximately eighty years ago, no surname taken. Niko is a thrill-seeker and a gearhead. He loves weaponry, gadgets and things that go boom. Niko custom crafts a lot of the Order's specialty ammunition used for combat missions and killing Rogues. He is impatient and a little c.o.c.ky, full of explosive energy, but far from reckless. Nikolai is the one you'd watching your back in the heat of battle, but you would more than likely find him ahead of you, blazing the trail clear of danger before you even got there. Together, Niko and Renata are parents to orphan Mira.

Hair: sandy blond Eyes: glacier-blue Unique ability: telepathically generates rapid growth in plant life Mate: Renata (couple shares parental responsibility for Mira) Hero in: Veil of Midnight (Book 5) First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Nora (d.) Human. Employee at Tess's veterinary clinic in Boston. Nora is tortured and killed by Ben Sullivan in the vet clinic after he is turned Minion by Marek.

First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Crimson.

Nurse Doublemint Human. One of a pair of nurses tending Sterling Chase in the medical facility he was taken to after being shot and Tasered at the Boston Police Department lineup. Chase nicknames the female "Nurse Doublemint" on account of the big wad of minty gum she chews at his hospital bedside. The nurse mentions that the lab needed to run Chase's blood work a third time, because the results keep coming back messed up. She also remarks to her coworker (see Nurse Mike) on Chase's condition, expressing astonishment that he could have survived so much bodily trauma. After Nurse Doublemint leaves the room, Chase begins his escape.

First mention in series: Appears in Darker After Midnight.

Nurse Mike Human. One of a pair of nurses tending Sterling Chase in the medical facility he was taken to after being shot and Tasered at the Boston Police Department lineup. Mike is a big man, booming Boston accented voice. He's working on Chase, reporting his stats and preparing his medications and sedatives when his counterpart (see Nurse Doublemint) leaves to attend other hospital business. Mike thinks his patient is unconscious, but Chase is awake, waiting for his chance to make an escape. As Mike sets up the IV bag, Chase jumps on him to feed, then trances him. Chase takes the nurse's scrubs, but the shoes are too small. Chase puts Mike in the hospital bed, scrubs his memory, then flees the medical ward on foot.

First mention in series: Appears in Darker After Midnight.

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Octavia "Tavia" Fairchild Gen One Breed and Breedmate genetic hybrid, mate of Order member Sterling Chase; daywalker. Born in Boston twenty-seven years before the timeline of Darker After Midnight, raised by her aunt Sarah since infancy, when Tavia survived a house fire that killed her parents. Highly intelligent and capable, Tavia works as an a.s.sistant to a rising star senator in Boston. On the personal side, Tavia's greatest limitations are the "scars" she bears from the accident, and a rare medical condition that requires frequent treatments at a specialized private clinic. What Tavia doesn't realize--until her life collides with that of Sterling Chase, embroiled in an ongoing conflict of the Order's--is that everything she's been raised to believe has been a lie. She is neither human nor pure Breedmate; she is something extraordinary.

Tavia later learns the truth of her origins, including the fact that her aunt is actually a Minion tasked with supervising her upbringing and reporting to Dragos. Tavia also discovers there are other females like her when she and Chase uncover secured lab records in her doctor's office. Together Tavia and Sterling Chase are the parents of fraternal twins, a son and daughter, Aric and Carys, born just after the close of Darker After Midnight.

Hair: shoulder-length, caramel brown Eyes: spring leaf green Breedmate mark: on her lower back Bloodscent: sweet, like nectar from a forbidden vine Unique ability: photographic memory (also has other unusual abilities that are awakened once she learns the truth of what she is) Mate: Sterling Chase Heroine in: Darker After Midnight (Book 10) First mention in series: Appears in Deeper Than Midnight.

Odolf, the family Breed family with long lineage, originating in Germany. The Odolfs were entrusted by Ka.s.sia to covertly raise her son, Dragos, upon her death. They also carried the secret of the Ancient's hiding place in the Czech mountains. This secret drove most of the Odolf family mad, nearly all of the Breed males of this line going Rogue from the burden of the knowledge they held. The Odolf family kept a journal of their lineage, which also contained a riddle pertaining to the Ancient's hiding place, and a clue about Dragos's secret upbringing. Eventually, that journal left the family and was en route to Marek (see Sheldon Raines) in Boston. When the journal goes missing, intercepted by Elise and the Order, Marek turns to torturing members of the Odolf family, burning one Breed male with UV rays at Marek's lair in the Berks.h.i.+res. Only one Odolf male remains (see Petrov Odolf), a Rogue being held in a rehabilitation center in Germany.

First mention in series: Referenced in Midnight Awakening.

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Packard (d.) Breed male, henchman for Edinburgh crime boss, Reiver. Packard was one of a pair of thugs sent to harm Danika after she nosed into Reiver's business. Killed by Malcolm MacBain (aka Brannoc) at Danika's guest cottage on MacConn lands.

First mention in series: Appears in A Taste of Midnight (novella).

Patrice Breedmate at Kade's family Darkhaven in Alaska. Patrice had long been promised to Kade's identical twin brother Seth for about six years, but he never made good on the arrangement. Patrice has been quietly fond of Kade's uncle, Max.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight.

Petrov Odolf (d.) Breed male. Mate of Breedmate Irina Odolf for fifty-seven years. Has been inst.i.tutionalized at a Rogue rehabilitation facility in Germany for past three years, after going on night binges and later attacking Irina in a fit of Bloodl.u.s.t. Petrov is one of the family whom Ka.s.sia entrusted with the rearing of her son, Dragos, and the secret of the Ancient's hiding place in the Czech mountains. The weight of this burden has driven most of the Odolf family males mad, Petrov being no exception. His sanity cracks completely during the timeline of Midnight Awakening, and he begins chanting a riddle that is also found in the Odolf family's journal. In a moment of clarity, Petrov blurts "that's where he's hiding," a clue that brings Elise, Tegan and the Order closer to finding the Ancient and unmasking Dragos as a true villain. Petrov Odolf dies after an apparent overdose of Crimson while he's in the rehab facility.

First mention in series: Appears in Midnight Awakening.

Phillip Cho (d.) Human. FBI Special Agent, NYC office. Takes Jenna's call at the NYC office inquiring about TerraGlobal Partners, a firm Jenna and the Order privately suspect might have ties to Dragos, and agrees to have a meeting with her. After Jenna arrives at the meeting with Cho and his partner, Green, it is revealed that both are Minions of Dragos's. They forcibly remove Jenna from the FBI office, intending to take her to their Master, until Brock intervenes and helps her get free of the Minions. During a struggle in the vehicle with Jenna, Green accidentally shoots Cho in the head, killing him instantly and cras.h.i.+ng the vehicle with Jenna inside.

First mention in series: Appears in Taken by Midnight.

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Quentin Chase (d.) Breed male. Son of August Chase, elder brother of Sterling. First mate of Elise Chase and father of Camden. Attended Harvard University, as did most of the Chases. High-ranking member of the Enforcement Agency in Boston. Quentin, like much of the Enforcement Agency, considered the Order to be dangerous vigilantes. Quentin died five years before the timeline of Kiss of Crimson, killed in line of duty when attacked by a Rogue brought into Agency custody. It is later revealed in Darker After Midnight that Sterling Chase blames himself for the killing, as he was responsible for clearing the Rogue of weapons and missed a blade that was later used on Quentin.

First mention in series: Referenced in Kiss of Crimson.

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Rachel (d.) Human. Savannah's college freshman roommate at Boston University, circa 1974. Rachel is killed by one of Gideon's old enemies from England, when she and her date (see Bill Keaton) are attacked on the college campus during an after-hours tryst. Savannah sees the attack via her ESP talent, after picking up one of Rachel's bangle bracelets that had been on the girl's wrist during the killing.

First mention in series: Appears in A Touch of Midnight (novella).

Ray Human. Boston police officer. Boyfriend of Megan, Gabrielle's good friend. Ray and Megan go to Gabrielle's apartment to check on her one night and the couple encounters Lucan there. Lucan mind scrubs the pair before taking Gabrielle with him to the Order's compound.

First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Regina Bishop Breedmate, Corinne Bishop's Darkhaven mother and mate of Victor Bishop. Regina was devastated by Corinne's abduction-and presumed death-seventy-some years ago. After her mate's betrayal of Corinne is exposed, Regina threatens to expose Victor's lies, but he is prepared to kill her to keep her silent. Regina shoots Victor during a physical struggle, but does not kill him. She is saved by one of the Darkhaven's security guards (see Mason).

First mention in series: Appears in Deeper Than Midnight.

Reiver (d.) Breed male, skin-trader, blood club organizer and crime boss from Edinburgh, Scotland. Reiver is several hundred years old, first gained wealth and ill repute on the border marches, where he raided for livestock, lands, and loyalty at the end of his sword. Reiver has several bodyguards and security detail at his club (see Malcolm MacBain, Thane, Kerr, Packard). During the timeline of A Taste of Midnight, Reiver is expecting a s.h.i.+pment of live cargo-humans-to supply one of his blood clubs when Danika MacConn, using her ESP ability, overhears the conversation at a Christmas party in the city. Unable to stand by and let the trade and slaughter of innocent people take place, Danika attempts to spy on Reiver and report back to the Order in Boston. Her efforts earn Reiver's fury, and he takes steps to eliminate the threat she poses to his business endeavors. One of his most trusted bodyguards turns out to be an old friend of Danika's (see Malcolm MacBain). Reiver later discovers the connection between his guard and Danika, and ends up taking her hostage to root out the betrayer. During the confrontation, Reiver escapes, but Malcolm tracks him down and kills him, along with Reiver's underworld a.s.sociates.

First mention in series: Appears in A Taste of Midnight (novella).

Renata Breedmate of Order member Nikolai. Left by her mother as an infant at the orphanage of the Montreal convent of the Sisters of Benevolent Mercy, Renata has no family and never knew her father. At the age of fourteen, Renata was living on her own.

As of the timeline of Veil of Midnight, she is a twenty-something street-smart sc.r.a.pper who's used to taking care of herself. She didn't know she was a Breedmate, didn't know about her unusual ability, until two years ago when she was swept off the streets along with several other humans and taken to be live, illegal, game for a cruel Breed elder (see Sergei Yakut). She fought her abductors, and in the process unlocked her unique ability. Since that time, she was forced to serve as a bodyguard for her captor.

It was in this capacity that she crossed paths with a member of the Order, Nikolai, who was on a mission in Montreal involving Renata's employer. While serving her abductor, Renata also came into contact with another abductee, a young Breedmate girl named Mira, whom Renata took under her wing. Renata carries four custom-crafted daggers that each bear a quality that guides her life: courage, faith, honor, sacrifice. The blades were given to her by a human friend (see Jack) who gave her shelter when she was a young teen on her own.

Since her mating to Nikolai, Renata has become an integral player in the Order's missions, thanks to both her powerful ESP talent and her skill with weaponry.

Hair: glossy black, chin-length angled bob Eyes: jade green, almond-shaped Breedmate mark: inside of her right wrist Bloodscent: sandalwood and rain Unique ability: mind-blaster (only works on Breed) Mate: Nikolai Heroine in: Veil of Midnight (Book 5) First mention in series: Appears in Veil of Midnight.

Robert "Bobby" Clarence (d.) Human. Young, attractive Senator from Ma.s.sachusetts, employed Tavia Fairchild as his personal aide for past three years. He lives in an elegant estate on Boston's North Sh.o.r.e, has Ivy League connections, friend of the United States Vice President, Clarence's former college professor. The ambitious, newly elected senator received major campaign contributions from a businessman named Drake Masters (see Dragos). The senator invites Drake Masters to a holiday party at his home-a party Sterling Chase stakes out, where he discovers that Dragos is masquerading as Drake Masters. By the timeline of Darker After Midnight, Bobby Clarence has been turned Minion by Dragos. Sterling Chase first notices this fact when he sees the senator at the Boston police station, where Chase is in a suspect lineup, waiting to be identified by Tavia. Realizing Tavia could be in danger from both Dragos and his Minion, the senator, Chase attempts to kill Bobby Clarence at the station, but is shot and subdued. Chase later breaks out of police custody and tracks the senator to his estate, where Chase kills the Minion and the security detail that tries to stop him.

First mention in series: Appears in Deeper Than Midnight.

Robert "Buddy" Vincent Human. Shopkeeper of a gourmet chocolate shop in the wharf area of Newport, Rhode Island, and former high school cla.s.smate of Claire Reichen's. Buddy was the conductor's a.s.sistant in the school symphony where Claire played the piano. In the timeline of Ashes of Midnight, Buddy Vincent encounters Claire and Andreas in his shop and a.s.sumes that Claire must be her own daughter, since decades have pa.s.sed and she looks nearly as young as she did in school. Buddy's flattery and fawning over Claire makes Andreas jealous.

First mention in series: Appears in Ashes of Midnight.

Roderick "Roddy" (d.) Breed male, one of Gideon's young identical twin brothers. Roddy and his brother, Simon, were slain in a Rogue attack more than three hundred years ago outside their Darkhaven in London. It is later discovered that the boys were murdered on the orders of one of Gideon's enemies (see Cyril Smithson), a revenge killing following Gideon's slaying of another Breed male-his enemy's father-in a duel.

First mention in series: Referenced in A Touch of Midnight (novella).

Rose Human. Works at Eastside Small Animal Rescue in Boston; answers the phone when Dante calls to inquire about picking up a dog, which he secretly intends to use as leverage in getting to know Tess better. Rose informs Dante that the dog he wanted is no longer available, but sells him another one instead (see Harvard the dog).

First mention in series: Appears via telephone call in Kiss of Crimson.

Ruarke Louvell (d.) Breed male, second generation. One of Dragos's inner circle, secret lieutenants. Louvell is a longtime Enforcement Agency director from Seattle. He was present via video conference with Dragos during the timeline of Darker After Midnight, when the decision was made to unleash the Rogues from their rehabilitation facilities around the globe. Louvell expressed some remorse at the decision, but ultimately agreed it had to be done. At the close of Darker After Midnight, Louvell is among the lieutenants reported as having been tracked down and eliminated by the combined efforts of the Order, Andreas Reichen, Mathias Rowan, and other like-minded members of the Enforcement Agency in various parts of the world.

First mention in series: Appears in Darker After Midnight.

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Savannah Dupree Breedmate of Order member Gideon. Born and raised in the swamps of Louisiana, Savannah has been blood-bonded to Gideon since 1974, when he saved her life at the age of eighteen while she was attending university as a freshman student. Savannah has an elderly human half-sister, Amelie Dupree, who still lives in Louisiana. Savannah never knew her father, a wanderer who was little more than rumor in the family. Savannah is a nurturing woman and is the heart of home for the Order's compound in Boston.

Hair: tight, short black curls Eyes: dark brown Breedmate mark: on her left shoulder blade Bloodscent: magnolia Unique ability: psychometry Mate: Gideon Heroine in: A Touch of Midnight (series prequel novella, Book 0.5) First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Sebastian Bishop (d.) Breed male, Corinne's brother in the Bishop Darkhaven in Detroit, and son of Victor and Regina Bishop. Sebastian was two years older than Corinne at time of her abduction at age eighteen in the 1930s. Sebastian was believed to have killed himself forty years ago in despair over his growing Bloodl.u.s.t, but we learn in Deeper Than Midnight that he was extremely tormented after discovering his father betrayed Corinne and allowed her to be taken by Gerard Starkn (aka Dragos). Sebastian learned of his father's lies when he'd been transferring some of his Victor's guns into a cabinet Sebastian had made for him. In the old cabinet were receipts of dressmakers and jewelers who were paid to replicate what Corinne was wearing when she went missing-clothing put on another woman who was killed and made to resemble Corinne in an effort to conceal her true fate. After learning this, Sebastian fell into Bloodl.u.s.t. He went Rogue, and after a savage killing spree, Sebastian committed suicide, shooting himself in the head in his father's study.

First mention in series: Referenced in Deeper Than Midnight.

Sergei Yakut (d.) Breed male, Gen One. One of the eldest, most menacing members of the Breed, Sergei Yakut answers to no one and serves only himself. Originally from Russia, during the timelines of Midnight Rising and Veil of Midnight, Yakut is based at his rustic Darkhaven lodge in the outskirts of Montreal, Quebec.

Nikolai first saw the nasty Gen One in Siberia when Niko was a youth. Nikolai is later tasked with going to Montreal to talk with Yakut and warn him of Dragos's apparent intent to a.s.sa.s.sinate all remaining Gen Ones within the race. While at Yakut's lodge, Niko meets Renata and Mira, both of whom are living under Yakut's control. Yakut rules with a punis.h.i.+ng hand; has burned Renata with irons and drinks her blood whenever he feels like it, using his bond to her to further control her and keep her in line. Renata is never permitted to drink from Yakut in return, out of his fear for how strong a full blood bond might make her and her ESP talent.

While at Yakut's lodge, Niko also learns of his blood club activities and a recent failed attempt on the Gen One's life by one of Dragos's homegrown a.s.sa.s.sins (see Hunter). Yakut's son, Alexei, in a grasp for power and influence with Dragos and his inner circle, later betrays his father and arranges for his killing in a Rogue attack at the lodge.

First mention in series: Referenced in Midnight Rising.

Seth (d.) Breed male, Kade's identical twin brother, shares Kade's talent of psychic connection to predator animals. Seth's wildness is stronger than Kade's, it overpowers him. Although Seth is studious and cerebral, he is not the strong leader that Kade is. Seth resents that Kade was able to leave Alaska while he could not. Seth's wild nature tempts him into killing humans, which eventually leads to his Bloodl.u.s.t.

Later, it becomes clear that Seth has gone Rogue and cannot be saved. In a final act of redemption, Seth sacrifices himself to help the Order kill the last remaining Ancient. After a b.l.o.o.d.y altercation, both Seth and the Ancient plummet off the side of a steep cliff, where the Ancient is buried under an avalanche of ice and snow, but Seth comes to rest on an outcrop below. Although Kade attempts to save him, Seth dies of his wounds. Kade and Alex bring Seth's body home to the family Darkhaven, where Kade reconciles with his father and attends Seth's funeral with Alex.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight.

Sharon Alexander (d.) Human. Dylan's mother. A free spirit, forever falling in love with a new man and getting her heart broken. Never married again after Dylan's stepfather (see Bobby Alexander) abandoned the family when Dylan was twelve. Sharon is in the midst of a cancer battle during the timeline of Midnight Rising, causing her to send Dylan on her trip to the Czech Republic in Sharon's place. Sharon meanwhile continues to work at the runaway shelter in Brooklyn, New York, where she is crus.h.i.+ng on the shelter's chief benefactor, Gordon Fa.s.so (see Dragos).

Sharon's work at the shelter, and particularly her connection to a young woman who recently went missing (see Toni) provides clues for Dylan and the Order to get closer to Dragos. Eventually, Dragos finds out that Sharon's daughter is involved with the Order and he confronts the terminally ill woman, threatening her for information. Sharon does not compromise her beloved daughter, not even after Dragos reveals himself to be a vampire. During the altercation with Dragos, Sharon defies him, deliberately tumbling off her condo balcony, where she dies in the fall. Sharon Alexander is buried in Queens, New York, her afternoon funeral attended by Dylan and the other Breedmates of the Order.