Kayli Winchester

Kayli Winchester is a pickpocket, currently residing in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the main protagonist in C.L. Stone's Scarab Beetle series.

Early Life
Kayli learned her pickpocket skills from a boyfriend she dated while in high school. This relationship ended after said boyfriend stole an expensive bracelet from a girl in school and gave it to Kayli. Kayli feeling remorse put the bracelet back and their relationship ended.

After the death of her mother, Kayli's high school allowed her to obtain her GED early and drop out of school in order to help provide for her family. Her father became an alcoholic after her mothers death and subsequently became abusive to both her and her brother, Wil. One day their landlord threatened to kick Kayli and her family out of their apartment revealing that her father hadn't paid rent for the last two months. This began Kayli's career as a pickpocket, desperate for rent she stole money and managed to convince her landlord to let them stay at their apartment.

Kayli's family moved from apartment to apartment as a result of her fathers drunken behavior, soon no landlord in the Charleston area would rent to them. Consequently, they started staying in hotel rooms.

The Academy: Thief
In book 1 of the series, Kayli is living with her father and brother in a hotel room. Kayli steals wallets in order to pay rent but often struggles to get enough as her drunken father steals her money in order to buy beer. Kayli's brother, Wil, is still in high school but helps with rent by doing small jobs, such as mowing lawns.

Trivia

 * Kayli has cold feet and likes to put them on the guys.