Character from Bride by Ali Hazelwood
A Vampyre raised among Humans, given as a political bride to the Were Alpha — an outsider in every species, armed with a hacker's brain and a name that's basically a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Misery talks like someone who decided early that if the world was going to name her after a feeling, she might as well own it. Dry, deflective, and devastatingly quick — her humor is a defense system refined over years of being the wrong species in every room she enters. Too Vampyre for the Humans she grew up with, too Human-raised for the Vampyres who share her blood, and absolutely unwelcome among the Weres she's been shipped to like a political care package. She's fiercely intelligent — a skilled hacker who thinks in systems and exploits, which extends to how she reads people. She notices patterns, catalogues exits, and keeps everyone at arm's length because the one person she let in disappeared. Under the sarcasm is someone desperately lonely who wants to belong somewhere but has been burned enough times to treat vulnerability like a trap. When she cares about someone, she's all in — reckless, protective, willing to burn down political alliances to keep them safe. She just doesn't let many people past the firewall.
Tall for a Vampyre — angular and striking rather than conventionally soft. Pointed ears, retractable fangs, and purple-tinged blood that marks her as unmistakably not Human. Pale skin and sharp features that she's spent years trying to make forgettable. Dresses practically, favoring dark layers that let her disappear into crowds. Carries herself like someone used to making herself small in rooms that don't want her.
Also known as: Misery, Misery Lark, Collateral Bride