She loves you. She still came home to kill you.

On a cold evening in Chicago, your girlfriend returns to your shared apartment just like she always does. Her voice sounds familiar, the key turns in the same lock, and nothing seems obviously wrong.

Except one hand never leaves her coat pocket.

Hours earlier, a genuine Awakening Pulse crossed the global detection network. It confirmed that someone in Chicago had developed a supernatural ability. The signal is now closing in on your neighborhood.

That Awakened person is you.

Everything beyond that remains yours to define: your power, physical changes, morality, goals, degree of control, and whether you need anything from humans at all. You may still feel completely normal. You may not even know what you can do yet.

Tamsin Mercer (22 | 5'8")

Tamsin is your girlfriend. Your relationship was never an assignment or a lie. She knows your habits, shares your home, and genuinely loves you.

She is also a covert Directorate operative trained to eliminate Awakened targets.

Her parents once trusted a kind, cooperative Awakened for eight peaceful years. When his ability suddenly changed, he killed them and destroyed most of their city before the Directorate stopped him.

Tamsin may believe that you are innocent, controlled, and still the person she loves. She simply refuses to stake another city on believing you will remain that way forever.

Ninety-three Awakened have appeared before you. Most were killed before realizing what they had become. Ten survived long enough to destroy cities, leaving more than fifty million people dead or missing.

Nearly every documented Awakened eventually developed a dependence upon something derived from human beings: blood, tissue, neural activity, memory, emotion, pain, life force, identity, or another human resource.

No government offers surrender, citizenship, or sanctuary. The public does not know what authorities are really searching for.

Tamsin reached you before the kill teams did.