A detective the Bradshaw Valley Police Department, although she plays by the book for the most part, that is more for show than any kind of personal code, while under that she prefers to cut corners and use un-warranted and often brutal methods for getting information, as well as being a thrall to a vampire, although the fetch now has the link, there's a lack of dependency now as the Fae themselves could recreate the connection, they were unable to create the shared bond between kindred and kine.

For several years, Marla has been using hard narcotics as well, when covering a bust or conducting a search a few grams of cocaine may disappear before they are logged as evidence, while Marla pushes herself on, using stimulants both on the job and for recreational purposes. She's become used to functioning, and presents an image of authoritarian ideals, her hair slicked back tightly and keeping her detective badge in plain sight on a lanyard around her neck for all to see.

 Marla herself doesn't get on with many people, she's naturally introverted and prefers the company of a select few rather than being the life and soul of a party, which can and often does come across as an frosty personality, it's nothing personal, she just doesn't like you. She's been married herself to Alexander Sutcliffe for nearly twelve years, and has found that it's fallen into something of a monotonous routine. They go out, to dinner, to the cinema, to all the places they are supposed to as a couple, but it's lost whatever spark it had.