He was Avery best frineds with her .

He was a nice person to people.

She can be painful and beautiful.

She is thrust into a word that she does not know or understand.

He was good at solving riddles.

He was a dig risk taker.

She tries to help Rickey with the files custody.

She kind of takes control of everybody.

Libby is Avery legal guardian.

She is Avery 's older half sister.

He is Avery's bodyguard.

He is tough,loyal and steadfast.

He provides security.

Emily died from her preexisting heart condition.

She seeks to unravel mysteries.

Emily is the deceased sister of Rebecca.

Xander make sure that Grayson and Jameson continue the game and keep drawing them in.

He extremely intelligent in the mathematical and scientific fields.

Xander, the youngest, doesn't really have any grudges against Avery.

Nash is the main character in the book.

Nash likes to live a bit of a nomadic lifestyle.

His grandfather dies and the will is read.

Nash feels as if Avery is a tool for the game and wants no part of the game.

He riddles, puzzles, games, and pretty much everything that requires investigation and deep thought.

He receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage.

He was homeless man that Avery played chess with in the park.

Zara helped to raise her nephews.

She does a Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists.

She plays the game herself just to survive.

She was a model of professionalism.

She the one who was recently kidnapped by her lover.