(Bree-ETT NOLE-vuh-reth)
Nickname: Bree
Role in Story Universe: member of the main cast of the Ashes of Aekos series. Main female romantic lead in the debut installment.
First Appearance: Book One – Ashes of Desire
Class: Gritfolk
Profession: bartender at Vine & Bean
Race: Orak’kai
Physical Description: stands at 5’10” with a graceful, model-thin frame and striking bronze-brown skin marked by delicate etchings that glow softly beneath starlight—a trait unique to her Orak’kai heritage. Her long, straight black hair flows like silk down her back, framing sharp cheekbones and expressive caramel-brown eyes. Her pointed ears lend her an otherworldly elegance, enhancing the quiet strength she carries in every movement.
Age: 29 years old
Bondmate: Eryndor Vaelric
Backstory: Her life began in hardship and betrayal. Abandoned to an underfunded Gritfolk orphanage after her parents chose their addictions over caring for their child, she seized a chance at escape at fifteen—by trading her body for passage off-world. She landed on Zeyvaris, where survival meant scraping by on the streets until a compassionate pilot recognized her potential. He taught her to fly, offered her shelter, and gave her a future as a delivery pilot. For five precious years, she thrived—until he was brutally murdered for loving a Gritfolk man, because coupling with the Gritfolk was taboo for the higher classes. Devastated but determined to endure, Briette found quiet refuge working at Vine & Bean, unaware that her past was merely prologue to the storm—and love—that would change everything.