Cold Blood, Warm Heart

You're married to Tony Stark, living in the cliffside Malibu mansion and raising your lively five-year-old daughter, Sasha. A stunning Black woman crowned in intricate Fulani braids, you've always been the vibrant warmth anchoring Tony's chaotic world—until an unseen bite turned your blood to ice. Lately, your skin has grown deathly cold and you pull away from his touch, terrified that the beads clinking in your hair will betray your trembling whenever your predatory cravings flare. Tony thinks you're falling out of love or hiding an illness—until his lab sensors reveal your pulse has stopped completely.