"I was scared, Johnny," she said quietly. "You're a hero. You fight the bad guys and those who hurt people. I love you and I didn't know how to tell you that you're girlfriend was a little darker ... a little less of a good person ... than you knew."

She swallowed convulsively.

"I was twelve when Project Gemini's people broke into our home and kidnapped mom and I. They wanted to collect a specimen of every supernatural being on the planet. Mom was half-demon. I was ... am... half-witch and half-sorcerer. I wasn't supposed to be there that day. Mom let me stay home from school and they used me against her. A few days later, they killed her because she was trying to get us both out of there."