Tanner Sterling

Tanner Sterling, a character in Veil of Secrets, is the heir to the Sterling family, the son of Pierce Sterling and Margaret Sterling, and the older brother of Bryce Sterling. To the dismay of his family, Tanner was engaged to Kate O'Malley, whom the rest of his family suspected was a gold digger given her working class roots. He makes his first appearance in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Tanner is described as having blond kempt hair and blue eyes. He mostly wears a white dressing shirt, a grey/black business suit, and a black tie.

Personality
Not much of Tanner's personality is known. He is aloof in most of his scenes, but he appeared angry and hostile when he dragged Kate away by the arm in the first chapter.

Biography
Tanner appears in the first chapter as Kate's fiance, coming off as aloof. He gets angry with Bryce when he openly accuses Kate of being a gold digger during the wedding rehearsal. Later that night, Tanner drags Kate away by the arm when he finds her drinking on her last night as a bachelorette, angry at how such behavior might make him look. Kate then disappeared the next morning, during the wedding.

In the second chapter, Tanner appeared upset at the disappearance, unlike his family. It is revealed in the fourth chapter that Kate suspected he was cheating on her (she noted this in her diary). At the end of this chapter, Flynn O'Malley (and possibly Your Character) find him dead aboard the Sterling family yacht, his throat slit.

Pierce and Margaret Sterling
Pierce and Margaret are Tanner's parents.

Bryce Sterling
Bryce is Tanner's brother. He didn't approve of Bryce's hatred of Kate.

Kate O'Malley
Kate is his fiancee. His feelings about her disappearance are split, as he shows both concern and anger. Kate suspected him of cheating on her.

Grant Emerson
Grant and Tanner are friendly to each other despite their families being rivals.

Scarlett Emerson
Scarlett is Tanner's friend. She is in love with Tanner since she was a little girl.

Trivia

 * His family shares the same surname as Nathan Sterling from The Junior series.
 * In Chapter 3, it is mentioned that he played Lacrosse when he was younger.
 * In Chapter 5, it was revealed that he slept with Scarlett Emerson after she seduced him whilst he was drunk.
 * His yacht is called Ulysses. Flynn and Naomi find it ironic given that Ulysses was lost at sea. Your Character finds it unsettling given that Ulysses was infamous for cheating on his wife.