Veronica Sterling

Agent Sterling is a profiler and replaces Agent Locke.

Personality
Veronica used to be a lot like Cassie before she lost her best friend Scarlet Hawkins to a serial killer. She was fearless with a hot temper & follows her gut even when it's not the smart thing to do.

Afterward, she became more distant, uptight, and observed the rules closely.

Despite having been a victim of a serial killers antics, Agent Sterling is able to stay strong. She only acts like a survivor.

Books
Killer Instinct, she's introduced as the new profiler to replace Agent Locke. She wants the teenagers to live as normal as they possibly can.

In the end, she’s on a mandated leave until a Bureau psychologist can give her the green light for fieldwork. Eventually, she moves back into the Naturals House. She throws herself into her work & blames herself for potentially putting the Naturals in danger.

After her recommendation, the Natural program is restructured so they can work on active cases.

Relationships
Scarlett Hawkins Childhood Best friend

Tanner Briggs / Agent Briggs: Ex-Husband. Things start off on rocky ground because Veronica doesn't approve of the Naturals Program at first. Eventually they remarry and have twins.

Director Sterling Father. Director Sterling was the previous director of the FBI, until Twelve, when Briggs is appointed the new director after Director Sterling is killed as part of the cult that took Cassie's mother.

Dean Redding Before the series started they worked together to arrest Deans father Daniel Redding. Dean branded Agent Sterling to try to convince his father.

Cassie In Killer instinct they have difficulty getting along because Cassie believes that Veronica wants to shut down the Naturals program. In order to prevent Cassie from sneaking out, she puts an ankle bracelet (tracker) around Cassie's leg. In the end, both of them are kidnapped by the Unsub.

Cassie goes willingly because she believes the ankle bracelet will set off an alarm so the other Naturals can find them. Only to find out it was fake. Agent Sterling tells Cassie to run and for the Unsub to take her instead.

She worries about Cassie because Cassie often worries & takes the cases personally. Cassie has a hard time distancing herself from them, unlike the other Naturals.

Trivia

 * She has a bachelor’s in criminology.
 * She was also the youngest person ever to graduate from the FBI Academy.
 * Before the Naturals program, she spent the past 5 years working with Homeland Security, specifically on domestic terrorism cases.