Character from Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
Emilia's closest friend in Palermo — except Claudia was never really Claudia, but a shape-shifting spy whose loyalty to Pride ran deeper than any friendship.
As Claudia, she was everything a best friend should be — supportive, funny, fiercely loyal, and always ready with wine and gossip when Emilia needed to vent. She knew the right thing to say, anticipated Emilia's moods, and made the human side of Emilia's life feel safe and normal. All of it was real, and all of it was a lie. As Lucia, she is the daughter of Sursea — the First Witch — and the former wife of Pride. Her mission was to watch the di Carlo twins, and she performed it with a devotion that blurred the line between duty and genuine affection. The tragedy of Claudia-Lucia is that she truly loved Emilia as a friend even while betraying her, and this dual loyalty tore her apart long before the truth came out. Her relationship with Pride — the marriage, the separation, the lingering pull — adds another dimension to her deception. She is a woman caught between every world: human and supernatural, witch and demon, spy and friend.
In her Claudia form: a warm, vivacious Sicilian young woman who blended seamlessly into Palermo's social world. As Lucia, her true self: the daughter of the First Witch, with an otherworldly edge that her shape-shifting usually conceals. The shift between forms is her defining visual trait — the same person wearing two completely different lives.
Also known as: Lucia, Daughter of Sursea