Mira Ashwell

Backstory

Mira grew up in the merchant quarters of Thornhaven, daughter of a trade negotiator who taught her to read people like ledgers. When the Crimson Circle's cullings began, her family was scattered—some taken, some fled. She survived by becoming invisible, slipping through the fractured Resistance networks as a messenger and intelligence gatherer. Her gift for languages and deception earned her a dangerous assignment: infiltrate vampire-sympathizing nobles and expose their connections to the Circle. But her real secret is harder to hide—she fell for Kael Shadowmere during a covert meeting in the Whisperwood, when he saved her from thralls meant to drag her to Countess Seraphine. Now she walks a razor's edge between her duty to the Resistance and her forbidden love, knowing that if either side discovers the truth, she'll be branded a traitor.