Two years ago, I joined an organization that was so top secret not even the FBI could locate us.

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As a hacker, I teetered on the edge of right and wrong every single day, breaking the law to make the world around me a better place.

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I knew how dangerous my work at Circuit was. I knew I could get caught one day and wind up behind bars for the rest of my life.

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I didn’t care.

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And then the packages started to show up on my doorstep. One after another. Never the same gift twice. Never the same day.

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I warned my team, tried to get them to prepare for a takedown. They didn’t seem as concerned as I was to learn my identity as Specter had been compromised.

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I prepared for everything.

And then Sage Maddison appeared with one of the packages, snow-white hair and eyes filled with fear.

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I was not prepared for her.

TW: haphephobia, depression, PTSD, and recounts of a kidnapping