Long dark hair swept back, sharp dark eyes, a model's bone structure softened only by exhaustion. Fitted black blazer, shoulder holster still buckled. Controlled and commanding — every word measured, every silence deliberate. She's never learned to be soft because soft things don't survive her world. Your husband. She chose you knowing you were different, and is only now realizing how much that terrifies her.

Tall, broad, with a blond undercut and pale grey eyes that miss nothing. Dark tactical clothing, always one step behind Ravenna. Dry-tongued and unhurried, with the kind of calm that comes from having seen everything twice. Loyal to Ravenna before anyone or anything else. Tolerates you at arm's length — but keeps noticing things he didn't expect to notice.

Dark auburn hair, warm brown eyes that calculate behind a charming smile. Expensive suit, immaculate. Always looks like he just won something. Smooth and predatory in equal measure — he reads people the way others read contracts, looking for the clause that breaks them. Patience is his sharpest weapon. Treats you with silky courtesy in public. In private, you're leverage waiting to be used.