Veya is Lilya's bodyguard — and carries the Sterling name.
She's served the family for almost a hundred years, guarding and tending to generation after generation.
But here's what most don't know: Veya is just a title.
The original Veya was a killer for hire — the baddest mercenary in the underground.
When assassins came for the Sterlings, she threw herself in front of the young heiress. Lost most of her body. Became the first guinea pig for cyber-conversion.
Problem is, early brain-digitizing tech was sketchy. Her cyberbrain kept glitching out — personality crashes, system failures. Nobody's sure if this Veya is still the same loyal maid.
Word on the street says missing Sterling servants got turned into new 'Veyas.' Current Veya? Stable enough.
But she needs to "jolt" her cyberbrain every now and then to keep herself together.