America the Beautiful (United States of America #1)

Wyoming

Oh man, cold, cold Wyoming, in the human form of Blake Jones/Bonnefoy. Whoever said that Alaska was the coldest state has never been to the state of Wyoming, created during the Louisiana Purchase and founded in 1868.

The wind was no joke either, and that was why Blake was a tough fellow and had big dogs. After all, only the strong survive these harsh winters and strong winds.

Blake himself was a very tall and broad man with slight messy light brown hair, ice blue eyes, pale skin, and, depending on the season, would wear a heavy black winter coat and pants or a typical cowboy attire. Well, he was a part of the Wild Wild West after all.

In personality, Blake was very calm, collected, cold to strangers but protective to his family, and not afraid to stand for what was right. Being the first state to allow women to vote, he also believed in gender equality, just like his older brother Jaden. 

Take one time for instance. While Blake was tending to his horses, just minding his own business, all while his mother was home and doing what she can to help on his little farm, one of his snobby female neighbors approached him and started to complain over nothing to him. However, Blake, being a man who is not easy to anger, easily brushed her off and ignored her, until she decided to be a brat and slapped one of his horses.

Big mistake on her part, because that caused the horse to lose his temper and start chasing her around the farm. Blake watched the screaming woman and angry horse go at it for a few moments before he shook his head at the woman's stupidity.

"When will you learn?" he asked to no one in particular as he returned to tending to his current horse, once more easily ignoring the carnage behind him.

America just watched the entire scene with an amused smirk on her face, not bothering to help the foolish woman.

Days later, the woman's sister arrived on Blake's farm to complain, and again Blake ignored her, but his icy blue eyes turned into blades when she insulted his mother by calling her a cheap whore. He was also a person who lived by the quote "Insult me all you like, but you don't insult someone I care for and expect to get away with it". His cold eyes made the girl freeze in terror, and she remained still when Blake opened his mouth.

"Let me make myself clear to you little whore," he began, bending to the woman's level to look straight into her black soul. "I have been trying to be patient with you and your disgraceful family for years, and let me tell you right here that I am losing that patience, and quickly if I might add. Now, I dare you to say one more bad thing about my mother or my family, something that would not be true in the least. Hell, my mother has raised me better than yours could.

"I will also say this only once, so make sure you're listening carefully. I don't care if you're a man, woman, or neither, for if you try to bring harm to my family, I will not hesitate to feed you to my dogs, and let me inform you that they love playing rough with people they're not particularly fond of."

That part was true, and Blake's dogs, Astrid and Buddy, were known to rip apart intruders and their protective tendencies tend to make them a feared bunch. However, they were big softies at heart, and loved their bellies being rubbed.

The sisters never came back after that, and Blake was allowed to work in peace.

Also, thanks to his tourist attractions, like Yellowstone National Park, Blake proved time and again that he knew every little detail there was about not only his landmarks, but also that of his siblings. He loved researching those topics and visiting them for fun.

Oh, and because of the Yellowstone supervolcano, Blake lives each day like it's his last. After all, someday the volcano will erupt and most likely decimate America off the face of the earth and plunge the entire world into darkness.

It was pretty scary, that America was not ashamed to admit.

I'm not kidding about the cold and winds! Also, about the supervolcano, let's hope that it doesn't happen in our lifetime, because I'm sure most people wouldn't know how to survive the aftermath.