Leilah is Seraphina's older sister and Narisa's daughter. She is also the girlfriend of Wellston's school doctor, Darren. She is currently an agent of the shadowy organization, Spectre, working for the faction headed by Neil.
Appearance
Leilah is an attractive young adult female with wavy lavender-coloured hair and her mother's lime-green eyes. She is visibly taller than her sister when they are seen together. When she was younger, Leilah once styled her hair with two buns, but most of the time, she leaves her hair down.
Darren considers Leilah to be "super hot," an opinion seconded by a StarLight Waiter and Blyke.
Personality
Even as an adult, Leilah doesn't shy away from doing silly things and is implied to be more laid-back and nonchalant compared to her younger sister. She strove to be a good role model and a fun playmate for Seraphina. However, her smile hid a great pain harbored from her upbringing. On the verge of having her spirit broken, Leilah would rather risk escaping her family's oppressive household in order to strike out on her own than spend another day there.
During the interim, Leilah grew up to be a more determined individual, willing to take a stand against those who would oppress her or those she cares about. As an agent of Spectre, she's devoted to making sure that the organization lives up to a certain standard, even if it means defying those in charge of said organization. Leilah has not forgotten how to have fun, and her work ethic does not exclude having some personal time set aside for romance.
History
Voted most likely to be a Bond girl.
Growing up, Leilah and Seraphina had a very close relationship. With their unreasonably strict mother and father dictating their lives, they were forced to stick together to make the best of things. They spent much of their free time together, and cried on each other's shoulders during the worst of times.
Leilah was on track to become a very accomplished student at an unknown high school.[1] However, the stress of living with her demanding parents eventually got to her, and she ran away from home five years prior to the start of the series. She left without saying good-bye to her little sister, allegedly because she didn't want to jeopardize Seraphina's promising development.[2]
Initially, Leilah had no place to go, and nothing to her name save for the clothes on her back and the contents of the little purse she took before bolting. Then, during a fateful rainy day, she was approached by Neil. He took her in, and taught her that respect was everybody's right. Neil was one of the executives of ability research and development organization known as Spectre. Through him, Leilah became a member, and has served him loyally ever since.[3] Leilah joined Spectre just as their Ability Disabler was making headway. She rose to a high position and gained many subordinates, the closest of which was Kayden.[4] At some undetermined point, she romanced Darren, the nurse at Wellston Private High School.[5] He was prone to complaining about what a pain the students were, John and his hazardous cripple act in particular. Rather than dumping him over this like his past girlfriends, Leilah listened to these rants with interest. As far as Darren, or anybody else, knew, she worked for ZetaSci, a company that specialized in ability research.[6]
Powers & Abilities
Time Manipulation: Leilah has the same ability as her sister and mother. Leilah was first seen using her ability while she was under the effects of the Ability Dampener. Even then, she managed to surpass her opponents in speed and strength. She has since used her ability in order to help critically injured teenagers stave off death until help arrived.
Intelligence
Having undergone the same rigid study regime as Seraphina during her school years, there is no doubt that Leilah has considerable book smarts. It appears that she managed to achieve a background in medicine, since she's personally overseeing the effects of her company's drug.[1]
Leilah is savvy as well as intelligent. She is able to take incredibly dangerous yet necessary risks due to her skills in negotiation, offering just enough information to pique interests. She was able to persuade her suspicious sister into working for her by making an irresistible offer to restore her lost ability. Leilah also uses this skill to talk her way out of trouble as well. When her boss was angry that she was going behind his back, she was able to convince him to call off his search by pointing out that his agents had made a terrible mess that required a clean-up job.[4]
Relationships
Seraphina
As her older sister, the two were very close growing up, and stood together through good times and bad. Seraphina was saddened when Leilah ran away from home, leaving her behind. Unlike her mother, she does not appear to view Leilah as a failure, even claiming to understand why she ran away after returning home and once again being showered with expectations.
Recently, the two reunited in a Lovun Cafe after a five-year separation.[2] Seraphina had undergone many changes since they saw each other last, and not just in regards to her disabled ability. Though she vocally stood up for Leilah and defended her when their mother expressed disdain for her, Seraphina bore great resentment towards her sister as well. Her feelings of abandonment were made worse when their parents took out their frustrations with Leilah's departure on their remaining daughter. On top of that, Seraphina's bad experiences with John left her hesitant re-establish trust in those who betrayed it.
Seraphina's estranged relationship with Leilah underwent further strain when Leilah revealed that she was part of the organization that left Seraphina powerless. Leilah's claims that she had nothing to do with the attack and that she had always been in her sister's corner was hard for Seraphina to swallow. All things considered, Seraphina didn't jump at the offer to work for Leilah in exchange for the restoration of her ability. Nonetheless, when other agents of Spectre showed up to seize them, Seraphina chose to escape with Leilah instead of trying to find her own way out of the mess. Apparently, Seraphina trusts Leilah just enough to believe that she didn't lure her de-powered high-tier sister into an ambush made by people who dampened their targets first. That, and she's curious to know what other insider knowledge Leilah has to share.[1]
Narisa
Leilah was placed under immense pressure by Narisa as her eldest daughter. She suffered much abuse, only to be written off as a failure due to her being unable to cope with the expectations for her. In turn, Leilah despised her mother, to the point of running away.[7]
Darren
As Darren's girlfriend, he holds her in high regard, finding her attractive. As of Chapter 59, the couple has only been on three dates. However later, they go on another date on screen at StarLight Restaurant. After learning of Spectre's true nature (and her part in it), they seemingly broke up, given Darren couldn't trust her anymore. Though they do make up later when Darren decides to work with her again to help Seraphina and John. She also manages to convince him that her feelings are genuine, despite earlier misunderstandings.[8]
Kayden
Kayden is a loyal right-hand to Leilah's operation. Despite being rogue agents of Spectre, the two trust each other enough to give classified info. Kayden helps Leilah by saving her from her rampant coworkers. He tells others the secrets of Spectre, as long as he believes Leilah is okay with it. It should be noted that sometimes Kayden teleports into her room without knocking, much to her dislike.
Orrin
As Leilah's superior, it is implied he views her as more of a tool than a person.
Neil
Neil is Leilah's direct superior at Spectre. It is revealed he picked and later hired her after she ran away from home. She managed to convinced him to lend his support for her group's mission, although he warned her that his influence is not as big as Orrin.[3]
John
Leilah got to know John long before they met, thanks to accounts from people close to both of them. Darren's complaints painted John as a troublemaker who went out of his way to make things more difficult than they needed to be. But the Doc recognized that nothing motivated him to wreak havoc quite like abuse directed towards his best friend. [6]
Speaking of Seraphina, Leilah heard a more sympathetic account from her sister. John was a dear friend, despite the victims he had begun to leave in his wake. Ultimately, he was worthy of somebody to lead him down the right path before he lost himself in his rage for good. Leilah was intrigued that Seraphina was willing to risk affiliating with Spectre for his sake.[9]
It was only under strenuous circumstances that the two met face-to-face. After John's panic attack, Leilah introduced herself and explained the circumstances. Whereas some people would choose to play it safe after an attempt on their lives, John proved himself to be the legend she heard about with his determination to take the fight back to Spectre.[10]
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Notes & Trivia
- She is the least powerful user of Time Manipulation.
- Leilah has made her first physical appearance in the webtoon in Chapter 141.
- In Chapter 128, Leilah was shown in a photograph with Seraphina.
- In Chapter 132, Leilah sent a picture of herself at the beach to Darren.
- Leilah's name comes from the Arabic word for night (ليلة). This played no part in the character naming process, as Uru-chan has confirmed nearly all names were chosen at random.[11]