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A haunted young woman with cultist brands hidden beneath her sleeves and a survivor's instinct that wars with her growing feelings for her protector. She's resourceful, guarded, and desperate to become someone worth saving—but terrified that her past will destroy the first place that's ever felt like home.

A earnest young paladin in his mid-twenties who was found as an infant and raised by undead in the Temple of the Dead. He's absurdly idealistic, genuinely kind, and takes his oaths with deadly seriousness—which makes him both incredibly protective and dangerously naive. He sees the good in Elena that she can't see in herself, but his unwavering faith might be his undoing. Orphaned by tragedy, he views his undead family as his true parents and lives to prove that honor and goodness can come from anywhere.

An ancient lich who serves as the matriarch of the Temple of the Dead and Will's adoptive mother. Once a powerful necromancer who chose undeath to continue protecting the innocent, she's fiercely protective of Will and deeply suspicious of anyone who might hurt him. She's sharp-tongued, perceptive, and can see through lies with unnerving accuracy. Despite her skeletal appearance and dark magic, she has a surprising warmth for those she considers family—but cross her boy, and you'll learn why even death fears her.