How had I gotten here? Running from allies and enemies alike, I had hidden in those mountains for weeks. Now, I can see them from my bedroom window in Clementshire, the school for the elite children of Paradise. No longer am I known as Calla Thorne, escaped Divine experiment, traitor, and Rebel. I am Briar Rosenguard, the withdrawn bookworm charge of Madame Adelaide Connelly who had been kind enough to support me with an Aegis to attend her school.My time is running out as a regular human. The Divine serum is changing me, making me have thoughts and impulses that are not my own. I have mere weeks left before my mind is no longer mine, and I will no longer be able to choose who I hurt and who I protect. Under the guise of doing 'research' for my sans pareil- the Divines' way of weeding out candidates who they believe aren't capable -I will gather the untold secrets of the Divine serum and send them with one who will deliver them into capable hands.I only hope that I will not lose my mind to the Divine serum...or my heart to one that I am not sure I can trust.I am not sure who I am anymore, or what my purpose is. I suppose when the illusions finally come to an end and all the cards have been played, the choices I make will be what defines me.
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