When they got home Sandra locked the doors and the windows. Apparently she didn't want anyone to hear what she was about to tell her granddaughter but just before she could she received a phone call from Carmela.

"Hello?"

"Mother. I just watched the news and I saw Frida shooting an arrow at some weird creature in town."

"Did Emiliano see?"

"No and I have no intention of telling him because he might have a conniption. Now can you please tell me what my daughter was doing with a bow and arrow?"

Sandra sighed before speaking.

"She has the gift Carmela."

"What?"

"She can see them, she can heal them. Her heart is a heavenly star."

"So you found out."

"You knew?"

"Yes. I thought she didn't get it but when she was thirteen it started."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I don't want her to be like that. Mother I let my powers fade away because I didn't want my children to inherit it."

"Why? Carmela what our family has is a blessing not a curse."

"Maybe to you but to me it was always a curse."

"Carmela, Frida must learn to train her powers. I think it's time I told her and helped her learn how to use them."

"You will do no such thing!"

"But if I don't she'll eventually lose them."

"Yes and then she'll be normal like her father and her sisters."

"Normal? Please the only thing normal about that man is his eye patch."

"You know what I mean. Mother do not tell Frida about this. She needs to be a regular girl."

"With all due respect dear, I think that's her decision and how will she make it if she doesn't fully understand who she is? And powers or no powers, Frida isn't a regular girl. She's special."

"I know that and I love what makes her special but this...I left it behind when I married Emiliano. I just don't want Frida to be apart of that."

"So you would rather have her not save others when she can?"

"No I would rather her not get her heart ripped out and eaten!"

"Oh... is this about what happened to Ingrid? Darling what happened all those years ago wasn't your fault. God bless, your father died of guilt and grief for that but please not you too."

"Mother what happened to my sister almost killed me, if the same thing happened to my daughter I know I would die. So please don't tell her please just let her powers fade."

"I need to go Carmela. My tea is almost done."

She hung up, took her tea kettle off the stove and poured some into her cup. She invited Frida sit with her and poured her a cup as well.

"Frida there's something about our family that I need to tell you." She said sipping her cup. "Tell me nieta, what common things do you know that run in our family?"

"Law and police." She answered.

"Yes on your father's side but on your mother's it's a different story."

"What do you mean?"

"Years ago, around the time that he who rules above us all was granting demons a second chance to become spirits, an angel who was his servant cut herself and three drops of her blood fell on to the earth. From these three drops of blood, three angels were formed but they looked like regular mortals. They had the ability to see the unseen, heal the sick and injured, and guide those dark to see the light."

"Wait! They came from blood?"

"Pay attention! Now where was I? Oh yes. For many years they helped the spirits on their journey to protect the world unfortunately all three of them were killed by demons but one of them just before she died, gave birth to my great grandmother who inherited the heavenly gift. Which was passed on to my grandmother, my mother, and me."

"Wait how do you know all this?"

"Because I listened when people told me about it now if you don't mind I would like to continue."

"Okay, okay."

"I was thirteen when I discovered my powers and my mother trained me to use them. By the time I was fifteen I had learned well. That was also the age where I met Dora the leopard spirit."

"You met a spirit?"

"Yes. We traveled the world together and saved mankind from demons. She would fight the demons while I tended to their victims but I wanted so much more than that. During my travels I learned that demons can only be harmed by spiritual weapons and powers or things of Christ and the church. I discovered a tree that had been blessed by a priest. It was called the holy tree because it provided sanctuary and protection from demonic forces. When it was time for the tree to die I cut it down and used it's wood to carve my bow and arrows then I taught myself archery. When I shot my arrows at demons they actually pierced their skin and drew blood.

"It was you who gave me the bow and arrow that day wasn't it?"

"Yes because although you can be an excellent healer I also want you to be a fighter. So Dora and I fought demons together. We always protected and supported each other, I was her confidant and she was mine. We told each other everything."

"You must've been really close."

Sandra took off her brooch and opened it and showed Frida the left side which held a picture of two teenage girls. One was fair skinned, fair haired, and had blue eyes. Frida recognized her as her grandmother due to similar pictures she had seen. The other girl was tan skinned, had light brown hair, and brown eyes. She guessed she was Dora.

"We were so close. My parents had passed away when we met and hers had abandoned her because they were demons and she chose to be a spirit and we had no siblings so we became each other's family. We were sisters and we always thought we'd be together forever but alas nothing last forever."

"What happened?"

"Well one day she fell in love with a demon called Jorge. I warned her that a relationship between a demon and a spirit would be a difficult one but she didn't listen. They fought all the time, he didn't abuse her or hit her it's just that they hardly seemed to ever get along. But despite all the constant bickering they got married. What she saw in him I'll never know but love works in mysterious ways."

"What happened next?"

"Jorge didn't really approve of our friendship. I was pretty much the human incarnation of an angel so we had to go our separate ways. Despite this I still kept track of her and I found out she gave birth to three sons, two chose to be spirits and one chose to be a demon. As for me I married your grandfather Jose and had two daughters, your mother and your Aunt Ingrid."

"I don't have an aunt Ingrid."

"Yes you do."

She showed Frida the right side of the brooch which held a picture of her grandmother in her thirties sitting in a chair next to a man also in his thirties with light brown hair, sitting on her grandmother's lap was a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old, she looked like Frida was at that age except her hair was light brown like the man's. She recognized them as her grandfather Jose and her mother when she was a child from old pictures. But standing next to the three of them, holding hands with her grandfather was a girl she had never seen before. She looked to be about sixteen years old and had long fair hair like her grandmother did.

"That was Ingrid." Sandra said pointing to the teenage girl. "What happened to her is one of the reasons you were never told this before. Your mother and aunt were inseparable, they hardly ever fought and they did everything together. When the girls reached early teen hood I learned they inherited my powers and I began training them as soon as they showed signs of having them. I also taught them archery, your mother had a real gift for that technique."

"My Mom use a bow and arrow? I don't believe that."

"Believe it, she was one of the best archers in Miracle City. She might've done great things if...Well the problem with what we are is we're born with a heart that is a heavenly star which gives us our healing powers. If that heart is consumed by someone they will gain immortality."

"Consume? As in...Eat?"

"Yes."

"Eat a human heart?"

"That's right."

Frida felt her face turn pale for a minute.

"That's so sick and wrong."

"I know and because of that a lot of demons go after us. One day we were attacked by a demon who captured your mother and your aunt. Your grandfather and I raced to save them. We managed to save your mother but it was too late for Ingrid. He cut out her heart and ate it."

"Oh my God!"

"Your grandfather blamed himself for what happened and he took that guilt with him to the grave. We were all heartbroken, but your mother was traumatized, she was a child when it happened and the thought of it happening again scared her so much that she never used her powers again. Eventually they faded away and because of that your sisters weren't born with it but you were and she knew it but she didn't tell you or train you because she wanted your powers to fade away like hers did."

"How could she do that?"

"Try to understand Frida, she only did what she thought was best. She only wanted to keep you safe."

"Does my dad know about this?"

"No. She never told your father or your sisters. She was afraid."

"Well I'm not. I want to learn, I wanna use them."

"I can teach you but you mustn't tell anyone. If word gets out that you're a healer who knows how many demons will go after you."

"I won't tell but what about Mom?"

"I do believe your mother should know about this but we can tell her after your training."

"Great! This is so awesome! Finally there's something cool about me."

"Yes but before we continue I must ask what is your relationship with the half spirit?"

"Manny? He just lives with me."

"You two haven't...You know."

"Grandmami! Eww! Gross! No! None of that! Yuck!"

"I just wanted to make sure."

"Well now you know."

"Yes but do you like him?"

"Grandma! I'd rather not talk about this!"

"Alright." She chuckled. "Now your first lesson starts tomorrow."

...

Zoe shrieked in pain as her mother wiped the blood from her back and applied a special ointment that would grow her wings back the next time she changed into her demon form.

"Why didn't you kill him?" Carmelita asked.

"I'm sorry Mom. I...I got distracted."

"You hesitated to kill him didn't you? You fell for him again! Zoe what have I told you about men?!"

"No good can come from them."

"Exactly! I warned you about that boy! I told you not to fall in love with him! And look what happened!"

"I'm sorry Mom."

"Men abuse and abandon women! I learned that the hard way! I was arranged to marry that boy's father, Rodolfo. I was young and foolish, I thought we would be together but he said he never loved me. Then he left me and married that human!"

"Mama please not this story again." Zoe groaned.

"No! You need to hear this because it's clear you didn't learn from it! I gave him my heart and he crushed it! Then came that day where spirits and demons are stuck in their human form for twenty-fours, that's when I met your father who raped me and I couldn't fight back in my human form. I got pregnant with you! I was ashamed, so I hid myself away here where I had you and I almost killed you when you were born."

"What?" Zoe trembled.

"It's true! I preformed a c-section on myself and I almost killed you because you were forced into my body but I couldn't. Isolated you from men! Tried to raise you to beware of them and you ended up giving in to your desires! Now you've been hurt!"

"I know Mama."

"Go to the cage."

"What?"

"You need to learn! Go to the cage!"

"No Mama! Not the cage!"

As a child whenever Zoe misbehaved or if her mother thought she misbehaved she would lock her in a small yet human sized cage and she wouldn't let her out for days. The cage was made with special metal that kept demons from using their powers.

"Mama! No!" Zoe screamed as her mother forced her into the cage. Zoe tried to fight back with her telekinesis powers but Carmelita's was stronger and Zoe was half human so she ended getting locked in. "Mama! Let me out! Please! Let me out!"

But Carmelita just left her. Some demons care little to none about anyone or anything and when they've been angered or hurt they take it out on other people. Carmelita may have suffered but that was nothing compared to the abuse she inflicted on her daughter. No one else knew about this not even Manny, Zoe would have died if he ever knew about this.

"Don't worry Zoe once you become a full fledged demon you won't give in to those weak desires anymore." Carmelita assured her.

Now Zoe should probably blame her mother for such mistreatment. She was being punished for liking a boy and not killing him which in all fairness is not a good reason to punish someone. But Zoe didn't blame her mother, she blamed Frida. She saw the girl as a rival for Manny's affections and the one thing that's keeping her from true happiness. She believed that if she killed Frida and ate her heart she would be full fledged demon winning her mother's adoration instead of shame and with her competition gone she would have Manny's love. So she made a vow to one day kill Frida Suarez and consume her heart.