bloodstone -- a magical stone filled with the blood of a witch or wizard -- to control her vampire weaknesses (sunlight, garlic, etc.). For a short while she is sent to be questioned by the Prodigium Council, after being suspected of murdering two classmates. It is there she meets and falls in love with Vix, another vampire. Although she finds a home in a vampire coven, she believes her true place is with Sophie. Archer Cross A young, powerful warlock and Hex Hall's resident bad boy. While at first he frequently mocks Sophie due to her clumsiness and weak ability with magic, over time he comes to befriend and eventually fall in love with her. However, it is revealed that Archer is a member of The Eye (an organization that wants to kill all Prodigium), having been adopted by them as a child in order to help them fight the Prodigium. He was given the name Archer Cross after another warlock of the Eye. He feels conflicted over his family loyalty to The Eye and to Sophie. He is shunned from the Prodigium world and seen as a hostile enemy due to his association with The Eye, but does leave The Eye at the end of the series. It is later revealed that his real name is Daniel Anderson. His parents were killed by his uncle, and his cousin (Nick) who had been born a demon had tried to kill him not once, but twice. Alexander 'Cal' Callahan The groundskeeper of Hex Hall. He is betrothed to Sophie, and is in love with her. He is an extremely powerful white warlock, and has the unique ability to heal. He was sent to Hex Hall when he was thirteen when he healed someone and has lived there ever since. To Cal, Hex Hall is his home. At first Cal and Sophie hardly spoke to each other, but eventually they become friends. Minor Characters Grace Mercer/Brannick Sophie's mother. Grace was born a Brannick, but when she was 21, ran away from home and changed her last name to "Mercer". She went to England to find some other way she could help her family that didn't involve killing. It was in England that she met Sophie's father James. When Grace found out that he was a demon, they had already been together for a year, and she was pregnant with Sophie. James Atherton