#16 Harlington Straker
Harlington “Hal” Straker is a top Handler for the Church, and he is the Handler and partner of Alisha, the Repentant vampire. He’s 28 years old, and jokes that he “must have a thing for older women” (Alisha, after all, is nearly 400 years old, but looks as if she’s in her early 30s….). Straker is well-trained in the art of killing vampires, but as a Handler, he also must take care of Alisha’s other…desires.
In other words, they’ve been intimate.
He’s Alisha’s third Handler in nearly eighty years, and he’s loyal to her…even though he’s also been trained in how to kill her, should she go rouge. Straker, however, does not think that this will ever happen.
(And yes, his name is taken from the “Harlington/Straker Film Studio” from the classic SF series UFO.)