Rachelle Rogers is an Exustio half-demon who is at Lyle House after exhibiting a fascination with fire and being diagnosed as a pyromaniac. He is the first to tell her about her supernatural abilities and she soon discovers that he is a werewolf, approaching his first change. Due to his sheer physical size and brute strength, Chloe finds him scary and imposing. Though she admits to at first having a crush on Simon Bae, she also shows signs of being attracted to his brother, Derek Souza with whom she ultimately becomes close to and strikes up a deep friendship.ĭerek Souza the Lyle House's resident werewolf, Derek is observed by Chloe as being sullen, quiet, and abrupt.
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They all escape in a van and Andrew tells them that he's taking them to a safe house for supernaturals where they can rest up and eventually help take down The Edison Group.Ĭhloe Saunders is a necromancer and the narrator of The Darkest Power series and is the trilogy's main protagonist, an aspiring filmmaker wannabe who describes herself as being quite plain and unremarkable. Andrew helps them to safety and Derek arrives with Tori. Chloe and Simon are approached by a man that Simon recognizes as Andrew Carson, the man they've been looking for. She realizes with some panic that she wouldn't hear Lauren unless she was dead and wonders if The Edison Group has killed her Aunt - not realising that it is, in fact, the ghost of her mother. While hiding, Chloe hears a voice that sounds like her Aunt Lauren's, guiding her to safety. Before dawn, the Edison Group attacks them. Suspecting that Andrew has been captured, given that there is still coffee in the pot from that morning, they decide to stay only for the night. The next morning, finally being close enough to New York to afford the bus fare, Chloe and Derek catch a bus and arrive at Andrew's house, where they find Tori and Simon.
Liam catches up with them an Chloe stabs him in the thigh, and they manage to get away. Derek incapacitates Ramon, freeing Chloe, and they bolt. However, they know that if they simply capture Derek and give him over, the Alpha might believe his cries of "I didn't do it", so try to force him into going along willingly by promising not to harm Chloe. They want Derek to take the blame for their crimes. That night, they encounter two other wolves, Liam and Ramon, who are man-eaters, wanted by the New York Pack. She does not sleep that night, for fear of the girl's body still being there in the woods.įinding that they don't have enough money to take the bus from where they are currently, Chloe and Derek are forced to walk and hitchhike to the next city so they will be able to buy a ticket. After realising she cannot interact with it, and that it repeats over and over, she realises that it is a memory from the real murder than occurred there before.
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After he falls asleep Chloe witnesses the murder of a young girl in the same patch of woods. He is exhausted afterwards, so Chloe tells him to get some sleep and they will get on another bus in the morning. They get off the bus and find some woods near a service station, where Derek prepares for his change. She offers to go with him and asks Tori to tell Simon that if they don't make it back to the bus, they will meet up in New York City. On the bus to New York City, Chloe is woken by Derek who tells her that he feels another change coming on. He lives in New York, so they decide to take a bus and work from there. The four of them decide to find Simon and Derek's father (Kit Bae) friend Andrew Carson, who will surely be able to give them a place to stay. The next day, they meet up with Derek and Simon at the factory.
The letter also reveals that Chloes mom had a brother, who died (possibly through suicide) due to a mishap with his powers. Chloe reads a letter her Aunt Lauren gave her which explains that she only ever wanted to help young supernaturals but it wasn't until her own niece was in danger that she realized how dangerous the Edison Group was. Chloe and Tori escape with help from Liz after struggling with Tori's mother, Diane (also a witch), but not before Diane hits Chloe's aunt Lauren with a seemingly fatal spell. While there, she discovers that she, and other supernaturals are experimental subjects who were genetically modified at birth.Ĭhloe and Victoria Enright (Tori, a witch) lead the Edison Group to a factory where they were supposed to meet Derek and Simon. Chloe has been recaptured by The Edison Group, a team of supernatural scientists responsible for manipulating her DNA, therefore enhancing her necromantic abilities. The Awakening takes place directly after the events in The Summoning.