Elena Michaels

Clayton Danvers: Clayton is Elena's soul mate. He is the one who turns her into a werewolf. At the beginning of the series she hates him and doesn’t want anything to do with him. She blames Clay for what happened to her, until Jeremy told her he was gonna kill her and that Clay did it to protect her which grants him forgiveness, but it also makes her resent Jeremy in return.

Philip McAdams: Philip and Elena were dating when she lived in Toronto. Unlike Elena, he was human. He didn't know about the pack, werewolves, or other supernatural forces. Elena wanted to have a normal life with him and forget who she really was. She saved him however he saw her run into a wolf as a result. Before he could fully wrap his head around the supernatural world he was brutally murdered by Malcolm.

Elena's "cousin", Logan Jonsen also lived in Toronto where he is a practicing psychologist. He also wanted to keep his distance from the pack to live a normal life with his girlfriend, Rachel Sutton. Her plan didn't work when she was called to Stonehaven by the pack Alpha, Jeremy Danvers, to help track a rogue murderous Mutt (a werewolf that isn't part of a pack). Elena and Clay tracked down the Mutt at a warehouse party where chaos quickly followed after the Mutt turned. He ended up killing a woman and biting a man. The Mutt's chaos was short-lived, he was hit by a truck. The man who was bitten was "mercifully" killed by Clay so he wouldn't have to spend any longer in agony. Elena wanting to go back to her new life in Toronto and further not spend any more time with Clay leaves Stonehaven. Not soon after Elena is called back to Stonehaven once again putting her life on hold and causing her to lie to Philip about why she had to leave again, because one of the pack members, Peter Myers, was murdered by another Mutt.

Being a werewolf Elena possesses all the basic abilities of her kind such as being physically stronger and faster than humans, possessing heightened senses, prolonged youth and the ability to shift into a wolf. Evidence of this strength was shown when she easily broke the arm of Thomas LeBlanc. It is stated several times by Jeremy that Elena is the pack's best tracker. Elena also possesses heightened senses, which she displayed when she was able to hear the conversation between Philip's sister and mother at the awards ceremony. She has also shown to possess an even greater sense of smell than that of others in the pack and is the best tracker among them. An ability that is unique to her is that she can prevent the change mid-transition, which no other werewolf has been able to do.

Elena is described as being a slender, yet short woman with a werewolf's typically athletic build, standing at around 5'’4. Furthermore, she has blue eyes and white-blonde hair that is mid-back length. It is stated in the books that Elena has not worn makeup since the 1990s, but despite this, she has "wholesome good looks" and people have stated that if she made an effort to fix herself up, she would be very beautiful. Contrary to the previous statement, others have said that Elena possesses a natural beauty and does not need any makeup.

When she is in her wolf form, she becomes a blonde wolf with glowing blue eyes. Her wolf appearance is similar to that of a husky or another big dog.

Elena is a smart, kind and honest person.

She struggles with finding balance in her life, attempting to leave behind her painful past at Stonehaven and embrace the life she's created in Toronto.

Elena was orphaned at a young age when both of her (adoptive) parents died. With no living relatives, she was placed in the state care system and lived with foster families. At some point as a child she was molested by a neighbor, Victor Olson and reported him to the authorities. He was later charged, she testified against him and was sent to prison.

After graduating from high school, Elena attended college. To pay for her college, Elena applied to be an assistant to an anthropologist professor, Clayton Danvers. They fell in love and quickly became engaged. Clayton brought Elena to Stonehaven where his adoptive father, Jeremy Danvers, lived. Jeremy was in the middle of a turn when Elena heard a noise and looked toward the woods. He thought Elena saw him so he ordered Clayton away so he could kill her, because one of many strict rules werewolves adhere to is that if a human knows about werewolves they must be killed. Clayton not wanting this to be his lover's fate, bites Elena so she can have another chance at life. However, biting her was a huge risk for both of them. There had never been a female werewolf, therefore women were thought to be generally not strong enough to survive the change: getting stuck mid-change or mentally unstable from it eventually always led to their deaths.

Somehow Elena survived and now is the only female werewolf, but Elena, not knowing the truth behind why Clayton bit her broke off their engagement. Elena Michaels moved away from Stonehaven in Bear Valley, NY to Toronto where she had met Philip McAdams. She tried to live a normal human life away from her pack especially her ex-fiance, Clay.