[Calyx] The way she calls me by my rank hits me like a slap. Within the boundary of Clearwater, I am Commander Paige, the heartless son of the Great Leader. I was a weapon, crafted from the best of the Brotherhood, blended with the worst of the monsters to be their slayer, the one who could heartlessly command countless supernaturals to their own damnation. To witches, I felt like a witch, infiltrating their covens and taking their children for experimentation and sport. To the wolves, especially the rogues, I was the alpha turned executioner, keeping my pack of rogues on a tight leash of fear. And underneath it all, I was human as well. It was that humanity that clung to, seeing it as my only claim to salvation–nothing I was doing was WRONG if I was doing it for the RIGHT reasons. Yes, I was a spy, a betrayer, a murderer, a beast–but I took on all of these identities, all of these sins, for the greater good of humanity. Because I wasn’t raised to know any better. And for the
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