Grace Foster

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> Now, you listen to me, Grace Foster. I am in love with you. Not a human. Not a gargoyle. You. I am in love with the girl who has a heart bigger than the entire world and the gumption to demand it kneel at her feet if it harms someone she loves.
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> Hudson Vega

**Grace Foster** is the main female protagonist of the Crave series. She relocates to Alaska after the terrible death of her parents to enroll at Katmere Academy, where her remaining family lives and works. Her cousin Macy is a student and Grace's Uncle Finn (Macy's father) serves as headmaster. She is unaware that this school is for paranormal students, just as she is unaware of her own paranormal lineage. As her story unravels, Grace discovers her true identity: she is a demi-god, witch and gargoyle. Her maternal heritage is both of (paranormal) royal blood and that of a deity; her father was a warlock (witch).

## Biography

In Crave, Grace meets Jaxon Vega who urges her to leave, but she ignores his attempt at intimidation. She is then cautioned to keep her head down, to avoid staring intently at anyone or anything, and to always keep an eye on her back. Jaxon warns her before abruptly disappearing.

Her first night, she awakens in the middle of the night and is unable to fall back asleep because she keeps thinking about Jaxon, her parents, and her move to Alaska. She gives it too much thought and begins to panic. To help her mind wander, she makes the decision to take a tour of the school. She unexpectedly encounters two guys wearing nothing but old-school concert T-shirts, jeans, and laces up boots. It is Marc and Quinn who obnoxiously introduce themselves, threatening to cast her outside in the snow where she would freeze to death. Before anything happens, Jaxon arrives to save Grace, reminding them of the rules and making them formally apologize to her. He tells her to go back to her room and to lock the doors, and to never leave her room after midnight.

Later that day, Macy informed Grace they were hosting a party to welcome her. Grace can't help but observe that everyone from Katmere Academy seems to stick to their own group at the celebration. After feeling overwhelmed, she escapes to the library where she meets Lia who already knows Grace's name. Lia invites Grace to her room to share tea, which she discusses her boyfriend's death. Macy then informs Grace that Lia's beloved boyfriend was Jaxon's older brother, Hudson Vega.

The next day, Flint Montgomery invites Grace and Macy to his legendary snowball fight. Grace reluctantly accepts, but she wonders whether Jaxon will also be present. Jaxon is described by Macy as being very dangerous and as someone who would never go to an event like this. He overhears their conversation and warns her to not attend the snowball fight with Flint because it will be unsafe. Once again, Grace ignores his warning. Instead, Grace, Macy, and Flint form a group. Flint proposes they climb a tree to attack opposing teams from above to gain an advantage. Unexpectedly strong winds cause Grace to unintentionally fall out of the tree, and she thinks Flint is there to save her by grabbing her and absorbing most of the impact as they crash to the ground. However, Jaxon thinks otherwise - and tends to Grace's sprained ankle.

As she recovers, Jaxon checks on Grace via text message throughout the day. They bond over silly jokes and he sends her breakfast.

Grace finally returns to class; Jaxon decides to either walk her there himself or arrange for an Order member to pick her up to ensure her safety.

As she walks with Flint, she notices the difference of people parting in the hallways. With Jaxon, everyone moves out of the way, no one touching him. It's the complete opposite and much more soothing with Flint. Flint expresses his concerns about Jaxon to Grace telling her that Jaxon is a complicated guy and should stay away from him.

Jaxon takes Grace to see a meteor shower. That evening they share their first kiss. Suddenly, the ground begins to shake and Jaxon yells at her to leave. Grace is confused - thinking it's a regular earthquake, one she is used to in California.

Grace wakes up in the infirmary, worried about Jaxon instead of her own health. She finds out that during the earthquake, a piece of glass tore an artery in her neck, causing significant blood loss. She is told to leave her bandage alone by the nurse Marise. She became very skeptical about how everyone is reacting. Later that night, she makes the decision to take off the neck bandage and discovers a vampire bite.

Grace panics and becomes eager for Jaxon to return. She discovers through Macy that Jaxon is a vampire and that she descends from generations of warlocks and witches. Her father was a strong warlock who fell in love with a human lady. By choosing to love above power, he forfeited his abilities.

Yet again, Grace nearly dies when a chandelier collapses onto the area Flint told her to sit. Luckily, Jaxon arrived in time to save her. He then tells her that someone is trying to purposely kill her.

Uncle Finn wants her to move back to San Diego for her safety. She declines his offer.

Grace discovers that Jaxon was responsible for the earthquakes. She also learns that Jaxon saved her from falling out of the tree by using one of his abilities. Flint is trying to murder her.

Flint frantically apologizes to Grace and warns her to never be alone.

After being drugged by Lia, Flint comes to terms that he must kill Grace to stop Lia from ending the world by resurrecting Hudson from the dead. Jaxon rescues Grace from Flint. She tries to flee as they battle, but Lia captures her as she significant to the spell. She fights Lia to the best of her ability, almost dying in the process before Jaxon kills Lia.

Grace wakes up in the hospital after her battle against Lia. She begs Jaxon to not walk away before they even had a chance to try for a relationship.

***"Be with me. Love me. Let me love you."*** - Grace to Jaxon

## Species and Genealogy

Her genetic heritage is split multiple ways: one of her distant ancestors is a goddess of chaos in vampire form who had a child with a gargoyle. Their daughter's gargoyle nature was hidden, rendering her essentially human, and all of their female descendants were gargoyles as well. However, all of the male ancestors on her mom's side are human besides Alastor, rendering her a very small fraction gargoyle when counting pure genealogy. Her dad is a full witch, so she is half witch.

## Trivia

* She's an Aries.
* Her favorite food are tacos, specifically from a taco truck in California.
* Her favorite snacks are Frosted Cherry Pop-Tarts and Dr. Pepper.
* Her cousin Macy still thinks her favorite color is Hot Pink, but Grace has outgrown that phase. She never tells Macy, though. Her favorite color is actually purple.
* She loves One Direction, especially Harry Styles.