Maggie asked Gena Showalter:

Hi Gena, you are one of my favorite authors of all time I have even cosplayed Ali Bell a couple of times and I'm getting a group together for a big photoshoot. My question is, what made you kill of Kat in White Rabbit Chronicles and get Frosty and Camilla together which resulted in them being teenage parents when in all of your other books you very strongly support safe sex? Thank you for giving us this opportunity!

Gena Showalter I am definitely for safe sex but I also know mistakes happen, and I wanted to bring that realism to the characters. :)

With Kat... In the White Rabbit Chronicles series, fear is the enemy. It draws zombies and therefore Anima. In other words, what you fear comes upon you. Because of Kat's kidneys, she had always feared death. She tried not to, and even thought she'd conquered it, but the fear manifested in different ways. Namely: thinking Frosty would die before her. She tried to talk him into "staying safe" rather than fighting. In the end, what she feared came upon her.

Plus,Kat's death had the biggest impact on the largest number of characters. Including herself! She wanted to help the slayers, but there was no way to do so as a human. As a spirit, she is finally part of the group. The worst thing to ever happen to her made her stronger :)

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