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According to most, he is the person in
Rockton who cares most about it, as he grew up in it, its only ever child. Abbygail Kemp harbored a crush on him after she arrived in Rockton. He in turn began to view himself as an older brother figure and developed protective tendencies towards her, being oblivious to her crush until she kissed him, drunk after her birthday party. He has a strong sense of justice and keeps a journal of town residents who he believes are in Rockton under false pretenses. As a young man, he often indulged in relationships with the women who passed through Rockton, but quit after he realized they all wished to "fix" him and help him create a "real" life by taking him south. Dalton, who maintains that he would go into the wilderness before he does so, is constantly threatened by the shadowy Council with expulsion from Rockton and fears it more than anything. Casey convinces him to begin to consider an alternative if he is expelled: starting a new town like Rockton. She estimates at least fifty people would follow him, including Will, Beth, and almost all of essential services, as well as herself. Later, after Casey is told by Beth she can return to her old life, Casey does not express her will to stay immediately, still unsure of his welcome and he storms into the forest. Eventually, they enter a romantic relationship and he reveals to Casey he was not born to the former sheriff as everyone believes; he was kidnapped from his parents and younger brother Jacob by the Daltons when he was nine, who believed they were giving him a better life.
269:. Her parents died in a small plane crash years ago. She has developed a bizarre game of Russian roulette in which she tells her therapists what she has done, believing that if she deserves to be caught, she will be. Casey is still friends with Diana, as their relationship was strengthened after Diana remained with her after her attack and has kept the secret of Blaine's murder since she confessed after Diana found her changing out of her bloodstained clothing. Diana has since married and divorced Graham Berry, her abusive ex-husband, a respected lawyer and "brilliant psycho," who often beat Diana, once attempting to kill her. Casey moved with Diana when she relocated to escape him and is in a relationship based on casual sex with an ex-con bartender named Kurt. One night at his bar after work, Diana tells Casey that Graham is in town in business and sought her out, trying to convince her to return to him and asking her to dinner. Her arm is badly bruised from where he grabbed her in the parking garage afterwards. Casey finds Graham the next day and warns him to stay away from Diana, threatening him with a statutory rape charge from his past. Convinced she has scared him off after Diana tells Casey he has left, Casey instructs Diana to lie low and stay in her apartment for the next few days. Diana tells Casey of a town she has heard about where people who wish to disappear can go, located deep in the Yukon wilderness and completely off-the-grid. Casey dismisses it as an urban legend, but Diana insists it is real.
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evidence on their situation for an extensive screening process to be granted admission. A few days later they meet with two people: a secretarial woman named Val, and a man from the town's local law enforcement who demands to interview Casey separately. The reason she and Diana were ever considered, he tells Casey, is because he is the sheriff and is in need of a detective. But he has figured out that she is responsible for Blaine's murder and does not want her; furthermore he does not believe Diana's story. Eventually, Casey convinces him to agree to a deal: if he allows them into the town, she will leave as long as Diana is allowed to stay. They are given four days to create fake trails before their disappearance. Diana leaves before Casey, who spends a last night with Kurt at an inn, where he gifts her a necklace. She leaves a note for him before she leaves to meet the sheriff. He finally introduces himself as Eric Dalton and reiterates their deal: she will stay six months in the town, which he calls
Rockton, otherwise the Council will not let Diana in, as she isn't useful. They drive for several hours before flying in a plane, which he pilots himself. No contact is allowed while they are in Rockton; Casey's cell phone is confiscated and she is disallowed to answer a last message from Kurt.
332:. She was very close to Abbygail Kemp before Abby's death, as she took care of her in her early days as a resident and nursed her through withdrawal and then worked with her at the town's clinic. Beth is eventually revealed to be the killer of Hastings, Powys, and Irene, with Mick's help. She killed them after learning they were responsible for Abbygail's death and recruited Mick, later stabbing him to death after he began to be concerned by the brutal natures of the murders. She is in love with Eric Dalton and has made several subtle attempts at seducing him according to Isabel, though he shows no interest because she wishes to change him and bring him down south. She attempted to frame Diana for the stabbing of Mick to get rid of Casey, who she knew was growing close to him. At the end of the novel, she is forced out of Rockton by the Council, who send a plane, not trusting Dalton to escort her out alive. She is in her late thirties with chestnut brown hair.
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attending a nearby community college and living with her. One night as Casey and Blaine cut through an alley after leaving a bar, several gang members attack them and accuse Blaine of trespassing on their turf. After their leader threatens Casey, she disarms them, expecting Blaine to grab the gun so they can escape. Instead, he runs away and she is presumably raped after being beaten unconscious. Several weeks later, after waking from a four-day coma, Casey seeks out Blaine who she blames for leaving her for dead and not calling the police, as she was only found hours after the attack by a drunken stranger. He has since denied abandoning her, claiming they split up. When he continues to refuse to apologize or take responsibility for his actions, she shoots him in the heat of the moment, killing him. Afterwards, she throws away the gun and calls 911 anonymously, giving a description of the gang members. She is never caught.
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jumped at opportunities to abandon Casey for others. After her attack as a teenager, she was forced to drop out of the police academy. She received a bachelor's degree in criminology, a blackbelt in akido, and a flyweight championship in boxing. Within five years of the attack she was on track to become a detective. Casey has a near genius
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