Auriele Zao

Alternate spelling - Aurielle

Bone Crossed

• 'Rielle²²⁰

Smoke Bitten

• 'Riele¹³

Moon Called

• Black, black hair pulled back into a waist-length ponytail²¹⁴
• Sleekly muscled arms²¹⁴
• Fair bit shorter than Mercy²¹⁶

Silver Borne

• Delicately built and looked as though she'd never gotten her beautifully manicured hands dirty¹⁹⁰

Night Broken

• Cappuccino eyes⁹

Smoke Bitten

• Could have been a Mayan warrior goddess⁶

Werewolf

Moon Called

• Much stronger than Mercy²¹⁷

Night Broken

• Could have lifted a four-hundred-pound anvil onto the shelf²
• Auriele turned her hot gaze on Mercy, yellow stirring in the cappuccino depths of her eyes⁹

Storm Cursed

• Unsure how the school district would take knowing she changed into a werewolf³⁴

Smoke Bitten

• Knew how far she could push the rules of the pack¹⁰³

Columbia Basin Pack

Mate - Darryl Zao

Night Broken

• Her papa used to say 'Play the hand you have'³¹⁶

Smoke Bitten

• Has a younger human sister pregnant with twins¹⁰⁸

Richland High School

Smoke Bitten

• Loyalty and intelligence are two of her best qualities¹⁰⁴
• Smart, passionate and loyal. In situations that draw on all three of those, logic flies out the window¹⁰⁶

Education

Blood Bound

• Takes classes in Ellensburg to keep up her teaching certification⁸⁵

Work Experience

Moon Called

• Chemistry Teacher at Richland High School²¹⁵

Iron Kissed

• had no soft spots for people who hurt the ones she cared about²⁹⁵

Silver Borne

• If someone didn't know her very well, it's possible to underestimate her¹⁹⁰

Night Broken

• Blind to the faults of people she loves⁶¹

Smoke Bitten

• Passionate in defense of those she loves¹⁰⁴

Moon Called

• Hard to bluff²¹⁵

Smoke Bitten

• Natural grace¹⁸⁶

Storm Cursed

• Lady Mockingbird was up by fifteen kills on everybody and was Auriele's alter ego in Pirate's Booty²

Auriele and Mercy

Moon Called

• treats Mercy with cool courtesy²²⁰

Bone Crossed

• Shaken up when Mercy joined the pack⁶⁹
• Thought Warren would be a better second than a coyote in the pack²²⁰

Night Broken

• Auriele hadn't been happy having Mercy as the Alpha's mate. She didn't think it was good for pack morale and thought Mercy brought trouble for the pack with her. Auriele liked Mercy despite herself²
• Likes Christy more than Mercy⁷
• Admires Mercy's fighting ability²¹⁹

Fire Touched

• Recently, Auriele and Mercy had been cautiously cordial⁹¹

Smoke Bitten

• Mercy liked and respected Auriele⁶
• Auriele didn't like Mercy because Christy had a way of making everyone around her hyperprotective of her⁷
• Mercy likes Auriele but thinks that she is too easily led by her need to protect Christy¹⁸⁰
• Auriele likes Mercy. She thinks she is a Goody Two-shoes sometimes, but would fall on a grenade for Adam or Jesse or a member of the pack. But Mercy would fall on a grenade for a total stranger-and that makes her a liability to the pack¹⁸⁰

Darryl and Auriele

Iron Kissed

• She wouldn’t go against her mate²⁸⁸

Bone Crossed

• At first, Auriele thought Darryl was an arrogant, self-important snob²³²

Silver Borne

• Sundays, Darryl cooks and Auriele washes dishes²⁰⁹
• Mercy sees their mate bond as a blazing gold rope between them—softer, stronger, and deeper than the pack bond and unlike the pack bond, it wasn’t tied onto the rocks; it originated in one and ended in the other³²³

River Marked

• Tried to throw a surprise party for Darryl once³¹

Night Broken

• Darryl had a gentle smile he saved for Auriele and Jesse³¹⁸
• Darryl and Auriele were beautiful when they fought together³³⁰

Smoke Bitten

• Darryl calls Auriele “mi vida”¹⁰⁹

Auriele and the Pack

Moon Called

• As Darryl's mate, Auriele ranked high in the pack²¹⁵

Silver Borne

• Most of the pack would rather have Darryl mad at them than Auriele¹⁹⁰
• Henry's smart enough to be afraid of Auriele²²⁷

River Marked

• Darryl and Auriele had become Jesse’s de facto babysitters when her mother left because female werewolves were few and far between²⁷⁴

Night Broken

• Auriele outranked Ben, both as Darryl's mate and as herself¹³³

Smoke Bitten

• Killing Auriele would break Adam¹¹
• Auriele served as surrogate aunt to Jesse¹⁵
• Auriele, as Darryl's wife, outranked everyone except for Adam, Mercy, and Darryl in that order. But the pack had started treating her as if she were right behind Honey. And it felt like a promotion-even though technically she had dropped in rank⁹⁰
• Adam left the pack in Auriele's care after agreeing to take a sabbatical in the Yucatan Peninsula¹⁰⁵

Auriele and Christy

Night Broken

• Christy is Auriele's friend¹⁰
• Laughed when Christy's hair was blue, but turned her head so Christy couldn't see³³⁸
• Christy decided to stay at Auriele’s after Mercy dyed her blue³³⁹

Smoke Bitten

• Christy put all of Auriele's protective instincts into overdrive⁷