Not Just a Survivor—Kriia Thomas’s Emotional Evolution

 

Not Just a Survivor—Kriia Thomas’s Emotional Evolution

Some characters come easy.
Kriia Thomas… didn’t.

She was born from every part of me that’s learned to expect loss before love. The part that builds walls, sharpens sarcasm, and convinces itself that needing anyone is a mistake. But if you’ve read the House of Teeth Saga, you already know—Kriia’s story is more than survival.

It’s about learning that survival isn’t the only thing.

Let me take you through her journey—not as a spoiler dump, but as a look into how trauma shapes, breaks, and sometimes rebuilds us.

Stage 1: Survival First, Connection Last

(The Color of Regret)

Kriia’s first love, Remi Connors, wasn’t romantic—it was a wreck.
She thought if she could love him hard enough, she could fix the pain eating him alive. But love isn’t a rescue mission. She learned that the hardest way possible—by losing herself in someone else’s destruction.

When she finally walked away, it wasn’t because she stopped caring.
It was because she finally knew she couldn’t carry someone who refused to stand on their own.
That was the first step. The hardest step.

Stage 2: Testing the Edges of Trust

(No Kingdom for a Fang)

Then came Rexar Fang.
Cocky, observant, dangerous.
The kind of person who doesn’t ask to be let in—he waits for you to choose.

And Kriia? She didn’t trust that anyone would stay.
But slowly, painfully, she started to hope.
Rexar didn’t try to fix her. He didn’t tear down her walls. He waited while she tested every edge of what it could mean to be seen and still wanted.

It wasn’t easy.
But she stayed.
And that mattered more than either of them knew.

Stage 3: When Loss Comes Back to Collect

(A Hymn for the Hollow)

The venue fire.
Vee’s disappearance.
Rexar’s spiral.

Kriia could’ve run. She wanted to.
But instead of falling into old patterns—trying to carry someone else’s pain like it was hers to fix—she stayed with Rexar, not for him.

She learned to hold space for grief without losing herself again.
And that? That’s real intimacy. Not the explosive, cinematic kind—
the quiet, steady kind that says:
“I’m here. But you have to meet me here, too.”

Stage 4: Loving Without Breaking

(To Dream Beneath Dying Stars)

By the time her story reaches this point, Kriia stops trying to save people who won’t save themselves.
She doesn’t run.
She doesn’t fold.
She stands her ground.

With Rexar.
With Remi.
With herself.

She finally understands what love can be—when it isn’t a battlefield or a rescue mission, but a choice you keep making, even when it’s hard.

Why Kriia Matters

Kriia’s story isn’t about winning.
It’s about learning.
Learning that you are worth more than survival.
Worth more than being someone’s bandage or savior.
Worth love that holds you, without breaking you.

And if you’ve ever been the one who loved too hard, carried too much, or ran before you could be left behind…
You’ll find yourself in her, too.

Tell me in the comments… who’s the character that hit you hardest in the saga so far?
I’m not done telling their stories—and I’d love to hear yours, too.

Let ’em see your fangs.