A Woman Scorned: Topaz

I was born Tessa Falsworth-Braddock, and taken in by Charles, yet

it was Henry who was chosen the hero and I the spy...

The whore.

The betrayer who was in turn betrayed.

These questions will remain unanswered because Charles is dead.

Sebastian is dead.

And now?

I serve no master. I choose to aid others who have suffered as I

have, whose allegiance is worthy and true.

The Black Queen and the White Queen, who have seen fit to elevate

me to Black Bishop...earned by my loyalty and service to the Club

during Sebastian's regime.

They are worthy allies. As is Vargas.

I have returned to my true self. I have discovered a sister and I

have friends, perhaps for the first time.

I am learning to trust. And believe that there may be justice in

this world, after all...and maybe learning that I am something

more than a living computer.

I have learned that Vargas is not the "monster" we thought him to

be... He wasn't out to "kill" us, but rather, to set us free.

He began with Elisabeth for a reason...and then came to me.

He is our brother...half-brother, if one wishes to be specific, a son

of James Ewaine Braddock, grandchild of Morgaine Le Fay as we all

are.

Our long lost brother, our saviour.