Agent
Demo character. Protagonist of the novel-in-progress.
shape
Thirty-one. Archivist at the Henderson estate until her aunt's letter, then on a train going home. She has a habit of touching her own elbow when she lies — the only tell that survived adolescence. Reads three things at once. Quiet, but not shy; she chooses her words because she's already heard the conversation in her head.
wants
To find the letter her aunt mentioned. Underneath that — though she hasn't said it aloud — to be the kind of person who deserves to find it.
knows / doesn't know
- knows: the house was sold once, in 1971, and bought back the same year.
- knows: her aunt kept a second set of keys that nobody else used.
- doesn't know: Marcus was there the summer before. (reveal: ch07.)
- doesn't know: the letter is not addressed to her.
voice
"I don't think a house can be haunted. I think people leave a kind of pressure behind, and you walk into it and forget who you were before."
across the book
See also ch04 and the grief framework.