Werewolf

Blood Bound

• Three years ago, survived an attack by a rogue werewolf at ten years old¹¹⁰
• Her father built a cage in the basement and every full moon he chains her and locks her in¹¹¹
• Two months ago, she broke the chain to her collar. Her father got a thicker chain but she gouged a hole in the cement¹¹¹

Roses in Winter

• The idea that she even could control the wolf was very, very new to her, and real control was months if not years away²⁷⁸
• Hadn't taken her wolf's shape when it hadn't been forced upon her by the moon's call²⁸⁴
• She's too dominant to go without challenge, and she's too young to prevail²⁸⁷
• Smallish half-grown werewolf²⁸⁹
• Can take charge almost as soon as she's out of sight of the house. She can't change back on her own, but she thought she figured out how to do it. How it should feel to start the change on her own²⁹¹
• Built walls between herself and the wolf that they wouldn't have had when she was first Changed²⁹¹
• Changed herself³¹⁴

Aspen Creek Pack AKA Marrok Pack

Roses in Winter

• Not a chatterer²⁸¹
• Raised in the middle of the city²⁹²

Education

Burn Bright

• Keeps getting letters from her teachers: 'Kara is hardworking and intelligent. I am concerned that she has no friends among her peers. She doesn't participate in group work or in any outside sports activities'- and variations of that¹⁷³

Roses in Winter

• Wasn't used to someone defending her²⁷⁹
• Had a backbone. She was born to be a protector, just needed to grow up²⁹⁸

Roses in Winter

• Had an awkward gracefulness³¹¹

Roses in Winter

• Likes greenhouses²⁷⁶
• Doesn't want to be a werewolf²⁹⁴

Kara and Asil

Burn Bright

• Kara was a particular favorite of Asil's¹⁷¹

Roses in Winter

• Kara's safety had become important to Asil²⁸²
• Asil's wolf was unhappy with Kara and will enforce his dominance any way that he needs to²⁹⁴
• Belonged to Asil²⁹⁶

Kara and the Wolves

Burn Bright

• As the youngest werewolf in the pack, Kara had dealt with her share of overprotectiveness¹³⁶
• Kara liked Leah, but she wasn't unaware of Leah's games¹³⁷

Roses in Winter

• Was the Marrok's current puzzle²⁷⁵
• The werewolf that changed her told Kara's parents that they should let him kill her. When they'd refused, he'd told them to keep her away from other werewolves²⁷⁵
• Bran hadn't allowed her to challenge him²⁹⁴
• The pack bonds flashed with eager anger of the collected pack when they saw that Kara was injured. She belonged to them, too³⁰⁴
• If Asil had not stopped the attackers before they hurt Kara worse, Bran would have killed these men and their Alpha as well³⁰⁷

Kara and her Parents

Burn Bright

• Leah makes her write a letter every week to her parents, most of which are four sentences long because Bran imposed that rule after her first letter was 'Dear Dad, I'm alive. Kara'¹⁷³

Roses in Winter

• Her father had been sent back into the real world because his fear of her wolf was interfering with her ability to control herself. Neither she nor her father had been happy²⁷⁸
• Her parents are separated because her mother is scared of Kara, and her father is mad at her about it²⁸⁰
• Kara's dad is bringing her mom to visit in Aspen Creek³¹⁴

Name: Kara Beckworth

Appearances and Mentions:

Mercy Thompson 2: Blood Bound Mercy Thompson 4: Bone Crossed

Short Story: Roses in Winter

Gender: Female

Classification: Werewolf [Pack Affiliation] See Marrok Pack

Classification Description: [Force Changed] 2004 Rogue Wolf See Werewolf Ethology was attacked and turned by a rogue werewolf when she was ten years oldBB-110 a lone wolf killed her attacker See Josef Riddlesback Age: 13 yo during the events of BB

Father: See John Beckworth

Mother: Name Unknown

Siblings: N/A

Residence: See Aspen Creek, Montana

Occupation: N/A

Physical Description: N/A

Character Traits & Facts:

From Blood Bound: every full moon her parents chain and lock her in a cage in their basementBB-111 she's getting stronger and started breaking the chain to her collar and gouging holes in the basement cementBB-111 Bran said that any child chained doesn't learn control because it is not expected of herBB-113 he also said that any child that survived a werewolf attack before adolescence has willpower to spareBB-113 she tried to commit suicide; worried that she would hurt someone; she used a knife on her wrists but the cuts kept healing too fastBB-114 at the time she thought she was a monsterBB-114

From Bone Crossed: Kara is doing fine with the Marrok Pack in Montana. During the events of Bone Crossed Bran commented that in a few more months she'd be fully in control of her wolfBC-113