Shadow is the term for an individual who is assigned by an authority figure to follow and protect a person of interest. While the person is assigned with a shadow, he/she is not allowed to go anywhere alone, except for his/her bathroom needs where the shadow can either watch or listen in. Multiple people can be assigned to regularly shadow their charge.
In Taken at Dusk and Whispers at Moonrise, Kylie is assigned to be watched by a shadow, until she asks Burnett James to have them all reassigned. When she comes back to Shadow Falls Academy in Chosen at Nightfall, Burnett arranges shadows to watch over her again. One night, there was a break-in. Since they never found the intruder, Burnett arranged three shadows to watch over her. This supposedly came to an end when they found out the intruder was a young chameleon named Jenny Yates, who had run away from home to escape an arranged marriage. After Mario Esparza and his son John Anthony Esparza died, the necessity for shadows was no longer in place.
In Midnight Hour, Miranda Kane became a target for a rogue warlock coven and Burnett arranged shadows for her protection until the coven was defeated.
List of Shadows
- Kylie's shadows
- Derek Lakes
- Della Tsang
- Miranda Kane
- Jonathon
- Lucas Parker
- Burnett James
- Perry Gomez
- Holiday James
- Chris Whitmore
- Miranda's shadows