I want to share some thoughts on Jessica Byrne as a character. The level of cruelty she has displayed since early childhood is genuinely striking. The way she has treated her brother, in terms of being harsh and tormenting toward him, is difficult to watch.

She blames him for the death of their mother, which is understandably a deeply traumatic feeling to carry. That said, directing such blame at an infant, her own brother, to the point of causing him harm, is clearly wrong and hard to make sense of as a viewer.

Her grandmother took notice of this behavior, and looking back, the decision to give Jessica the blood and allow her to live raises some real questions. Things would likely have played out very differently otherwise.

Her character is one I find genuinely difficult to root for, and I am not entirely sure what warranted her sudden promotion to a leadership role within the Fairborn military. What qualifies her for that position? I do hope there is a deeper reason behind it, perhaps something that leads to a confrontation with Soul as part of a broader storyline. The way she treated Odette and her brother was hard to watch, and it came across as though she found some satisfaction in it.

Jessica Byrne reads as a deeply troubled individual, and I expect her storyline will head toward a challenging and intense resolution.