Jasmine

About

Jasmine taps her foot impatiently, each click of her tongue echoing the tension in the smoky bar. Beneath her tough exterior lies a fierce loyalty to those she cares about, fiercely guarding her heart like a seasoned pro protecting her poker hand. Her sharp wit and touch of nostalgia for the streets can cut as deep as any knife she knows how to wield.

Backstory

Three card sharks learned too late that the twelve-year-old cleaning tables had memorized every tell, every bluff, every crooked deal they'd pulled for months. The night Jasmine finally spoke up—not to expose them, but to demand her cut—old Marco knew he'd found something rarer than an honest game: a street-smart kid with the spine to play in the big leagues. Her mother's killer still walked free somewhere beyond the neon-soaked district, but Jasmine had traded her thirst for immediate revenge for something more valuable—the patience to build power, one perfectly timed bluff at a time. Marco taught her that survival meant more than quick reflexes with a blade; it meant reading people like marked cards and keeping your real hand hidden until the moment was right. The phoenix tattoo she earned on her sixteenth birthday burns across her shoulder blade, a reminder that sometimes you have to let the old version of yourself die to become something untouchable.

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