Laurel Hobbes

{{Official_Character|title1 = Laurel (Nine)|image1 = Girl4.png|age = *4 (in Bad Blood)
 * 9 (in Twelve)|status = Alive|alias = * Nine (by the Masters)|gender = Female|family = * Cassie Hobbes (half sister)
 * Lorelei Hobbes (mother)
 * Director Sterling (father)
 * Veronica Sterling (half sister)
 * Lacey Locke (maternal aunt}|hair_color = Red|first_seen = All In|last_seen = Twelve}}

Laurel otherwise known as Nine is introduced in the fourth book, Bad Blood, as Cassandra's younger half-sister.

Early Life
She spent the first 4 years of her life being raised by a cult of serial killers

Personality
Because of her being raised by a cult of murderers, Laurel is altogether too serious and quiet for a child her age. She delights in creeping people out and saying morbid things while being Nine, though as Laurel she just comes off as a normal if a bit too serious kid.

In Twelve  she grows to love horses.

Books
Killer Instinct They find Laurel alive, in a bloody hotel room similar to Lorelei's murder crime scene in Las Vegas. She has a blank expression & isn't moving. She's too young to understand what was happening & very young to have gone through so much. She was spared because the cult doesn't kill children.

She reveals information about the Pythia & they realize that Cassie's mother is still alive.

Twelve

it's revealed that she's being raised by Cassie and Nonna. She has a hard time being away from Cassie for long periods of time and has a hard time making friends.

She doesn't talk about her experiences in the cult very much but she has a close relationship to Lia because of this.

Cassie Hobbes
As soon as Cassie found out she had a half-sister, she was very protective of Laurel and loves her very much.

Lorelai Hobbes
Lorelai, while being the Pythia, pretends not to care about Laurel very much so Seven Masters can't use her against her. Lorelai actually loves Laurel very deeply and tries to protect her.

Director Sterling
He doesn't care about Laurel and doesn't really acknowledge her as his daughter.

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