Editing List of BHI Students (section)

==Chase Whitt==
''Main Article: [[Chase Whitt]]''

Member of the [[Belanger Circle]], the one who brought Nicolette into the Circle as her sponsor. Slightly overweight, and with a swoop of black hair. A member of a prominent non-Belanger family.<ref>He swayed a bit, and his eyes were visibly red even by candlelight. Alcohol and drugs lowered defenses, which was part of why she couldn’t indulge. Chase hinted at his motives in how he looked at her, and in the faint frustration he evidenced. His hair was a bit messy, and his shirt was unbuttoned. He’d been a guy who had been good looking, and could be again, but for the time being, was about thirty pounds overweight, wearing pants that didn’t fit. He thought he was being subtle, unbuttoning his pants to alleviate the pressure on his waistline, and using his belt to keep his pants up, but the ‘v’ of the zipper pulling open at the top betrayed his ploy. His hair remained styled, an older-fashioned swoop of black hair at the brow, his chin shaven, his clothes business casual, even in ‘leisure’.<br><br>“Sir,” she said, acknowledging him, as though he’d spoken.<br><br>He continued to study her, as if he could decipher something about her that would answer his frustrations. He was her sponsor. The one who had brought her into the circle. Alexander, in turn, was the one who had brought Chase in; Chase had been brought in because he was very, ''very'' good at dealing with certain kinds of Other, owing to his family ties, and because of the politics of it. Making Chase an apprentice and teaching him all sorts of things about Seeing made for strong ties with Chase’s family. -[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/11 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.z]]</ref> 17.<ref>He had expected something very different when he had found her. Leverage against Alexander, maybe. More power. A grateful girl a year younger than him. Instead, Chase had had to go to school, he’d left her here to act as eyes, ears, and hands on things here, and Alexander had started to barter with her, making her more Alexander’s apprentice than Chase’s.-[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/11 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.z]]</ref>