William Bates

William Bates was born of the aristocratic Bates household, as the youngest son of the family.

Background
William was born in Lister Hospital in London, England. He was born and raised in London, attending Eton School as a boarding student. He graduated from Cambridge University and decided that he wanted to run his own business. His parents were not convinced but when his business became successful, they were surprised and decided to help him out.

William did not express any interest in women, but it was critical that he found a secretary because he couldn't do all of the work himself. So he held an interview for any woman that was interested in becoming his personal secretary, and that was when he met Anna. When she fell ill in the interview, he gave her the job and sent her home. But he was very attracted to her, especially her green eyes.

They soon ended up becoming a couple and getting married, eventually having two children.

Appearance
William is a tall, intimidating male reaching 6'7". He has hair which is a cross between blond and brown and brown eyes. He is very athletic, in the first chapter of Mute having caught a falling vase. It is also described that the agility of Leah and Dylan seemed to have come from William.

Personality
William uses his appearance to his advantage at some times, to command people and to intimidate them if they do not back down. He is also shown to be quite cold, but he opens up after he gets close to people. He is very affectionate towards Anna and is protective over her, he tries to please her a lot of times, especially with his money, but he understands why she turns it down. Although he doesn't look like it, he does care. But because his family is so stern, and cold, he has a hard time showing it because for most of his life, he has had to hide it. Leah finds her father very scary because of what happened when he reported the bullies to her school, and he had started to become more suspicious of her over the time that he was keeping an eye out on her.