Story so far
Victra au Julii attends Darrow's Triumph feast flirtatious and loyal as ever—having brought even her mother and half-sister Antonia into the Augustus fold. But when the Jackal's coup erupts, Antonia betrays them all: she shoots Victra twice in the spine and kills their mother, then directs the slaughter. Bleeding out, Victra drags herself across the stone to Darrow's paralyzed body, leaving a slick of blood, and gasps the truth of her loyalty to the end—'I didn't know, Darrow.
I didn't know.' As Darrow is carried off, her hand slackens on his leg and her clever eyes fall closed, another friend cut down for his war.
Appearance
Twenty-seven, tall and heavy-boned with a scarred luminous face and jagged hair; shot in the spine, blood on her lips, dying.
Role
Darrow's loyal Julii warlord; shot down by her own sister in the coup.
Relationships
Antonia — Her half-sister and betrayer, who shoots her in the spine and murders their mother.
Darrow — To whom she crawls, dying, swearing she had no part in the betrayal.
Roque — The friend whose warmth she had drawn, now revealed a traitor at the feast.
Sources — 9 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 2
- An impetuous, scarred Julii warrior who scorns makeup for her battle-earned scars.
Chapter 8
- The wealthy, honor-proud Julii warrior who breaks Darrow's isolation and brokers his meeting with the Jackal.
Chapter 24
- The proud Julii warrior who, having defied her traitor family for Darrow, lets her guard down and reveals a tender heart.
Chapter 26
- The loyal Julii warrior, now shadowed by guards and suspicion because her own mother betrayed Augustus.
Chapter 33
- The proud Julii warrior, doubted for her mother's treason, vindicated by Darrow and warmed by Roque's defense.
Chapter 37
- The Julii warlord whose personal fleet and battle-plan will turn the space fight, flirting fiercely with Darrow before war.
Chapter 39
- The Julii warlord whose reckless gambit—turning her mother's fleet against the Bellona—breaks the enemy's core.
Chapter 44
- The Julii warlord, vindicated after turning the space battle, now allied with Lorn and courted by Roque.
Chapter 52
- The loyal Julii warlord, shot down by her own sister at the feast, who crawls to Darrow swearing she never knew.