Cursed Vault characters

Appears from the start

A goat shifter and artifact retriever who opens a renovated warehouse as her team's headquarters and her new home. She faces possible coven supervision while investigating unexplained dark marks on her silver-and-copper ring. Her touch can interfere with magic.

Also known as Volkov

Appears from the start

The Kansas City wolf-pack alpha and Riley's partner. He supports her effort to make the warehouse a secure base while preparing to host a major shifter summit. He is attentive to the dangers Riley faces from both witch and shifter authorities.

Also known as Martha

Appears from the start

A coven leader who arrives uninvited at the opening of Riley's headquarters. Her presence brings Riley's existing dispute with coven authority into the new base.

Also known as Sato

First appears in chapter 2

An Enclave representative and Riley's established contact. He summons her to an imminent meeting about the decision on her coven status.

Appears from the start

A witch allied with Riley who studies the altered ring and searches for an explanation for its dark markings. She resists the pressure being placed on Riley by established coven authorities and contributes magical expertise to the team.

Appears from the start

Max Volkov's pack beta, present for the opening of Riley's headquarters.

First appears in chapter 3

A member of Riley's artifact-retrieval team who takes charge of the technical-surveillance station in the new warehouse headquarters.

Also known as Nash

Appears from the start

One of Riley's trusted allies and the owner of Garth, an unusual rooster associated with a powerful vengeance demon. Nash helps establish the warehouse headquarters while remaining wary of the supernatural force his companion may contain.

Appears from the start

Nash Mitchell's protective rooster and the known host of a high-ranking vengeance demon. His presence at the new headquarters is useful but unsettling, especially to Nash, who understands that Garth is far more dangerous than an ordinary animal.

First appears in chapter 7

A witch in Helen's circle who teaches quilting as part of community service ordered by the Witch's Council. She turns the class into a coordinated act of resistance while working alongside Helen, Janice, and Bea.

First appears in chapter 7

A witch in Helen's circle who takes part in community service ordered by the Witch's Council.

First appears in chapter 7

A witch in Helen's circle who takes part in community service ordered by the Witch's Council.

First appears in chapter 4

An authority within the Witch's Council who is assigned to arrange Riley's evaluation and training under a registered coven. Her decisions carry formal weight over Riley's status and initially give Martha Matthews considerable leverage.

First appears in chapter 2

A subordinate who accompanies Martha Matthews to Riley's headquarters and handles Cersei during the visit. Riley remembers her as the person who previously fitted her with magic-canceling cuffs, making her presence a reminder of Martha's coercive authority.

First appears in chapter 2

A cat brought to the warehouse by Martha Matthews and handled by Alona during the visit. Martha is trying to establish Cersei as a familiar, although the animal's actual magical status and attachment are not yet settled.

Also known as Hughes

First appears in chapter 5

The warehouse owner, a former Kansas City Pack beta, and an old rival of Max Volkov. He previously tried to manipulate Volkov's contest for leadership and is unlikely to sell the building to him, placing Riley's new home at risk.

Also known as Zane

First appears in chapter 9

A wolf shifter in Max Volkov's leadership team who serves as the pack's finance officer. His position reflects Volkov's preference for assigning responsibility by ability rather than traditional rank.

Also known as Craig

First appears in chapter 6

An investigator working with Max Volkov's pack. He examines an apparent robbery that leaves an older pack member with a serious head injury as the shifter summit approaches, giving Volkov a trusted person to pursue the unexplained attack.

First appears in chapter 13

The woman who raised Riley and whom Riley regarded as her mother. Cage Sato identifies her as an Enclave retrieval specialist who vanished while carrying a hell-forged chalice, tying her disappearance to Riley's new assignment.

Also known as Phoebe

First appears in chapter 13

An escaped witch with dangerous knowledge of Riley's ability to disrupt and redirect magic. Her disappearance during an attack on an Enclave convoy creates a serious risk that Riley's secret may reach hostile or official hands.

Also known as Robert

Appears from the start

Phoebe Thompson's associate in the use of a stolen blood-tracing spell whose trail led to Kansas City. The target and Robert's present role are not yet established.

Also known as Bellarose

Appears from the start

An unresolved adversary carried forward from Riley's earlier experiences. At the start of this book, no current activity or connection to Riley's new troubles has been established, leaving her relevance to the present conflict unknown.

First appears in chapter 2

An unidentified member of Martha Matthews's security detail who accompanies her to Riley's headquarters. Tegan reacts to the woman with visible pain, suggesting a difficult shared history, but the nature of that connection is not yet explained.