Cilla McCain is a sassy Southern beauty with a deceivingly genteel exterior. Her sweet drawl and full smile belie the formidable opponent she makes when challenged. Once upon a time she worked in the land of fiction writing, creating characters and charting their destinies as she saw fit. It’s fun to be in that zone, to feel the characters come to life as their stories pour through you and become words on a page. “I liked it there,” Cilla laughs, still seemingly surprised at the shift in her trajectory – and for good reason, because the world she inhabits now could not be more different.