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The Cast
Regan O'Connell's partners in crime, in her words
ON HERSELF
Besides going to the bathroom in groups of two or more, human women also have a predilection for spending absurd amounts of time in front of the mirror. I don't waste any time on my reflection. I know what I look like: pale little girl's face, unnaturally green eyes and permanently tussled black hair that gives the impression I've spent some time in abandoned debauchery.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I haven't had sex in decades.
JASON LAKE--The obligatory love interest (human)
In a rather odd attempt to entice me into a blind date, a friend once described Jason as "kinda nerdy." Jason is a Cambridge educated engineer, but his diploma is his only geek-worthy attribute. While he isn't flashy handsome like Breas, women do notice him when he walks into a room. When he opens his mouth, those same women start naming their children. Ah, the power of an English accent.
At any rate, I'm Irish and immune to the charms of his speech patterns. His magic, on the other hand, pretty effectively shuts off all my higher brain functions.
BREAS MONTROSE--Perpetual pain in the butt (vampire)
Breas rarely wears black. He hasn't worn anything white or ruffled since the time when white and ruffled was the fashion for men. His preferred uniform consists of jeans, hiking boots and a T-shirt or sweatshirt emblazoned with some sort of team logo. His skin tone does suggest someone who is recovering from a long indoor convalescence, but it works for him, at least as far as women are concerned. The usual female reaction to Breas's less than healthy complexion is a desire to take him home and nurse him back to health--naked.
TALIS--Best buddy (dark elf)
The first time I ever laid eyes on Talis--on his naked, brown, bobbing butt, specifically--he was playing a vigorous game of "plough and field" with an elf girl named Falynn. The cute agricultural euphemism for sex was Falynn's invention, not mine; and the rear view of Talis was the high price exacted for not knocking on the door like polite folk.
LEX--The obligatory sidekick (fairy)
Fairies have large eyes set at exotic angles, but not to the exaggerated extent of elves or kobolds. Slap a pair of sunglasses on Lex and she's pretty much any teenage girl who is expressing her disdain for societal norms through her burgundy hair.
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