Part 22 (1/2)

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.

-O-.

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.

-P-.

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.

-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.

-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).