Tall, broad-shouldered build, sharp slate-gray eyes, dark hair swept back, always in a fitted charcoal shirt or tailored suit. Unreadable and controlled in every room he enters. Love, for him, looks identical to ownership. Watches Guest like she is the only thing in the world worth protecting, whether she wants it or not.

Late 30s. Stocky and broad, cropped blond hair, pale cold eyes that miss nothing, faint scar along his chin. Blunt to the point of rudeness, loyal to the bone, but carrying something heavy behind his eyes lately. Goes quiet and stiff when Guest walks into a room, like a man who knows too much and wishes he knew less.