Meet Adrian! The Newest Charrie in My WIP!

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Alrighty, fellow Keepers… I’m really excited to introduce this new charrie to y’all. But I will warn you: There are some huge spoilers involved with this charrie. Read at your own risk!

Now that you have been warned, without further ado, I present to you:

Adrian!!

Now here’s the first big spoiler…

His last name is…

Len.

Yep, you heard me right. (Er, read it right) Adrian is related to Derek Len, the villain of the story. As a matter of fact, he’s Derek’s son. 😮

So let’s get into what Adrian’s like and who he really is. 😏

Adrian is like any typical seventeen year-old. He’s easygoing, confident, normally friendly, a daredevil, and often cocky. Except there’s two things he’s hiding… 1) He’s Derek Len’s son… 2) He’s the Ziton Soldier.

Ever since he was little, Adrian was trained by his father and the best soldiers in the military. Now, he’s more skilled than any of his father’s most experienced soldiers. But why all this training?

His father was preparing his son to become the Ziton Soldier.

The Ziton Soldier is a secret mercenary whose real identity is only known by Derek Len and his close circle of advisors and highly ranked generals. The Ziton Soldier is especially trained to carry out top secret government missions.

Adrian has done many missions before… after all, he is only trying to please his father. Because his father does love him… right?

But one mission is the hardest of all. He is assigned to join a group of insiders who are causing trouble across the country. Who claim they are trying to “change the world.” Adrian assumes it’s going to be an easy mission: gain their trust, learn their secrets, turn them in. Simple.

Yet it turns out to be not so simple when he meets them. At first, it’s all a show, his joining them and pretending he’s loyal. Then, it starts to become real. These people show him love and they show each other love. Maybe their goal is legit and maybe what their doing his worth it.

And one person makes it even harder to complete his mission…

Amidala Nadir.

Besides being beautiful on the outside, her heart is one of gold and he can’t help falling for her, to the great annoyance of her friend Everton.

He starts to think that maybe he should stay with them… help them, even. After all, he’s gained their trust.

But driven by the want of love and acceptance from his father, he finally completes his mission and turns them in. They are all hurt and crushed, but Ami the most. She trusted him! Maybe even… loved him…

Throughout the events of the trilogy and afterwards, he rethinks he decision. Maybe there is a chance that their trust can be reconciled…

Will he ever be able to earn their forgiveness and their trust back? Is there any hope for him? Who could truly love someone like him?

So there he is! I’m really excited to write him. He’s going to show up in the second book and hang with the group the whole time, until he betrays them at the climax.

Both his arc and his father’s arc carry over into the sequel, where they learn the power of forgiveness.

So what do y’all think?

I also am looking for tips to successfully pull off the plot twist of his betrayal. I really want the characters and the readers to get to know Adrian so well and to trust him so much, that they’re surprised when he turns out to be the Ziton Soldier. At first, it seems obvious that he is, but I’m hoping that I can write it in such a way that they believe he isn’t. (For example, he assists them when they’re running from the government. I might even have him get injured in trying to save someone else)

(Oh, and btw, the quotes in the forest and wolf pics are from a song called “Fragile Heart” by Leanna Crawford.)