Charlie

Charlie is the secondary protagonist of the k9 Claire novel series. she is Claire's handler and the wife and best friend to mason. she is the captain of the local k9 division and is a second generation k9 handler. she is a blue collar woman and a secret Christian as where she lives Christians are hunted down and killed. she appears in the first novel and is featured in all the novels.

## charlie

### Relatives

mason (husband)Sasha(daughter)Bridget(mother)Leroy(father)deceasedmax(brother)Elizabeth(mother in law)John(father in law)Deliah(goddaughter)

## early life

Charlie was born on the Cherokee reservation to an interracial blue collar couple. her mother is full blood Cherokee while her father was Irish and Mexican. when she was an infant her family moved to charlotte where her father became a k9 handler and her mother sold traditional Cherokee crafts. she met her best friend and later husband in high school. they started a courtship in her junior year of high school and continued it through his long deployments.

## series

Charlie starts the series as the newest captain of the local k9 division and is the first biracial woman to be a captain. she and mason are engaged and are planning their wedding. her assigned k9 is a rottweiler named Claire and due to her having been basically raised by rottweilers and her retired k9 being a rottweiler German shepherd wolf mix named cocoa she is excited. Charlie and mason marry in the first novel and she gives birth to a daughter three years later.

## career

Charlie is the captain of the k9 division and is shown to be a skilled officer and fighter due to being the wife of an army ranger captain. she is a skilled tracker and hunter along with being a skilled sniper. she is shown to be loyal to her division and is like the protective older sister to many of the rookies. she is a blue collar woman and is a secret Christian which puts her family at a financial disadvantage as Christians' are often denied jobs and homes. she often has to bring her daughter to work where she keeps her in a sling or watched by a k9

## personality

Charlie is a tough as nails young woman who is also extremely loyal and maternal. she is spunky and intelligent. she is shown to be very protective of her family and her sense of duty and loyalty drive her to protect her family and she will die if it means protecting them. she does like to goof off with mason when they are not working. she is very loud as the three cultures she comes from are known to be loud and she is a redneck.

## physical appearance

Charlie is a mixed race woman and has light tan skin with waist length brown hair which she typically keeps braided or in a bun. she stands at a height of 5'5 and is slim yet muscular. she wears either a fitted long sleeved black scoop neck shirt or a shapewear tank top with khaki or grey utility pants with black combat boots or sneakers. she also wears black fingerless gloves. when off duty she wears the same shirts but with denim jeans or sweatpants. she also wears a vest that says police K9

## relationships

Mason- Charlie and mason have a rock solid and healthy marriage. they started their relationship as best friends later developing feelings for each other which led to him asking her brother and father for permission to court her and their first date was at a church event. he proposed to her at their church when they had been together for three years. they marry in the first novel and become parents three years later. mason will do what ever it takes to protect her even if that means dying for her. he always finds ways to make her laugh.

Sasha- Sasha and Charlie have a very loving bond as mother and daughter. Sasha is shown at the station due to her parents not being able to afford child care. Sasha is shown either in her mothers arms or in a sling or cradleboard on her back. Sasha is shown to make squealing and cooing noises when she sees or hears her mother. her mother gave birth to her during a blizzard and named her Sasha ivy chanter. she loves to play with the K9s or with her godfather trace.

Kate- Charlie and Kate have a familial bond and are shown to look out for each other. they have been friends their whole lives and Charlie helped her to raise her little sister Emma after the disappearance of her parents. Kate can be hyper but when it comes to her family, there is not nothing she will not do to protect them. Kate was maid of honor in Charlie's wedding to mason. she is the godmother to her daughter

trace- Charlie and trace have a sibling like bond as they work together daily and always have each other's backs. trace is the godfather of her daughter and even helped to give her away at her wedding. he is shown to be protective of her as if they are on duty and someone tries to flirt with her he will step Infront of her and stare the flirter down.

Claire- Charlie has a strong bond with her K9 and they always have each others backs. Charlie is shown to love rottweilers. she was excited to be assigned to a rottweiler. when Charlie is hit with a deadly gas she pushes Claire out of the way to protect her. Claire is shown by her side even when they are off duty.

Delilah- Delilah is the goddaughter of Charlie and is shown to be close to her. Charlie calls her chicidita or quierda which are two terms of endearment in Spanish . Charlie is the one who would raise her should something happen to her mother. when deliah is raped at her school it is Charlie she turns to.

colin- Charlie and Colin are shown to have a sibling like bond as colin is an emt and often worries about her when she is on duty as he was the one who responded to her when she was hit with vx. he took time off to help her with the recovery and she affectionally calls him big foot due to his large foot size

## skills

fluency in Spanish- her father was half Mexican and taught her Spanish. Charlie is shown to sometimes yell in Spanish and her knowledge of the language helps on some cases where Spanish is needed.

wrestling- Charlie is a skilled wrestler as she grew up in a house with lots of teen boys and learned to wrestle young she wrestled and played hockey in high school.

sniping- she is a skilled sniper and can snipe shoot with a rifle and a bow and arrow

combat- being the wife of an army ranger she learned combat and basic self defense

hunting- Charlie is a skilled bow hunter and once took down a dear twice her size

tracking- Charlie can track humans and animals with little to nothing except for tracks and scents

strength- Charlie is shown to be very strong as she can pin a suspect using only her arm or legs

## weaponry

bow

.38 glock and sniper rifle

kbar knife

her k9

## allies

mason- mason is Charlie's strongest ally as he knows her best and is always at her side through everything she has gone through. when they announced their engagement a girl that thought she could seduce him tried to sit on his lap but Charlie head locked her and sat on mason's lap to which he said "much better" when she nearly died from a deadly biological agent known as vx he was right by her side and laughed when she came back to life.

Kate- Kate is the second most loyal ally Charlie has as she has been friends with her their whole lives and Charlie even took temporary custody of Emma her younger sister when their parents vanished on a trip to the mountains Kate is very motherly towards her and is shown to always be willing to help her with a case be it helping to collect DNA or her favorite job which is protecting Sasha her goddaughter

Claire- as Charlie's assigned k9 Claire is also a strong ally as they are a unit and at one point when Charlie was chasing a suspect she said " my partner's got him" when Claire pinned a suspect in a kidnapping that hit home for Charlie as the victims were her best friend Kate's parents

## likes

dogs not dawgs

knitting

sewing

wrestling

sniping

cuddling her daughter

rottweilers

cooking

pranks