Characters
Lyric - Lyric is a seventeen year old girl that lives in a small apartment in The Zone. Her father, Leonard, is a police officer in that helps her out in many ways throughout the story, and her mother, Summer, is one of the first 20 Alpha sent to shores. She experiences migraines frequently that are a result of her being half-Alpha. She is best friends with Bex and Shadow who she goes to Hyland High School with. She could be seen as a model student because she does not want to attract attention to her family. She is the “girlfriend” of a boy named Gabriel, but they do not talk with each other very often. Lyric could be seen as a fashionista because of the closet she has with lots of clothes and hats. Before the Alpha arrived in her town, she would go to garage sales and buy the cheap clothing she liked, but now it all goes to waste because she cannot attract attention to herself. Lyric could also be seen as a “wild thing” in the story as her friend Bex calls her that many times. This is how she was before the Alpha arrived, and she is also like this during the end of the story. The term “wild thing” refers to her being very rambunctious, carefree, and crazy.
Fathom - Fathom is a teenage Alpha who happens to also be the prince. His father is the prime, or he could be known as the king. He is over seven feet tall and has a very muscular and toned body. Fathom spends most of his days accepting challenges from those against his father's way of rule. These challenges are fights, and they often go to the death of one of the opponents. He is often very bruised and battered because his father is not a very popular leader. He is a fiancé with Arcade, a fellow Alpha. This was determined when they were the age of five based on their traits and hobbies. Fathom also developed a friendship with Lyric during the time that they met together. He is easily frustrated, and this can be seen when Lyric is teaching him to read. Fathom is also very brave. When he was talking to Lyric in the classroom, he said “I am a prince of the Alpha, and my responsibility is to fight in the defense of my father’s decisions” (Buckley 119). He accepts challenges from anyone who dares go against his father and is always ready to go into battle.
Summer - Summer is the mother of Lyric in the story Undertow. She was one of the original 20 Alpha members sent to the shores to scout out the land. When she started her new life, she married Leonard, a New York police officer who has been protecting her and keeping her in hiding ever since they were married. Summer is a Daughter of Sirena in the Alpha species. She has been searching for her Alpha family ever since the first wave of 30,000 Alpha arrived, but she cannot go into the camps to look for them because she is seen as a traitor and a castaway because she has made a family with humans. Also, she cannot leave The Zone because she does not have the certification necessary to leave. She spends most of her days sitting in their small apartment in fear of being found and dragged away by the government. Although she looks human, she has the strength and speed of an Alpha and can easily take out a group of men armed with baseball bats and metal pipes. She can also breathe underwater, speak in the Alpha language, and transform into her true Alpha body with scales and a tail.
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