The Midnight Breed Series Companion (42 page)

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

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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.

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Petrov Odolf (d.)
   Breed male. Mate of Breedmate Irina Odolf for fifty-seven years. Has been institutionalized at a Rogue rehabilitation facility in Germany for past three years, after going on night binges and later attacking Irina in a fit of Bloodlust. Petrov is one of the family whom Kassia 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.

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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 crashing the vehicle with Jenna inside.

First mention in series:
Appears in Taken by Midnight.

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-Q-

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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-R-

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).

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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.

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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.

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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 shipment 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 associates.

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

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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 scrapper 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.

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Robert “Bobby” Clarence (d.)
   Human. Young, attractive Senator from Massachusetts, employed Tavia Fairchild as his personal aide for past three years. He lives in an elegant estate on Boston’s North Shore, 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.

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Robert “Buddy” Vincent
   Human. Shopkeeper of a gourmet chocolate shop in the wharf area of Newport, Rhode Island, and former high school classmate of Claire Reichen’s. Buddy was the conductor’s assistant 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 assumes that Claire must be her own daughter, since decades have passed 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.

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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).

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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.