She's been betrayed. Now she's being pursued -- by Loki? Is the lowly genius Loki her father? Or is Tom her father, and Loki his brother -- her uncle? Whoever he is, Gaia knows that he murdered her mother. Maybe he is dead himself.

Gaia is determined to get away.

"I've realized that I can sum up my entire life with the statement of two very simple facts. And when presented together, they are so ironically juxtaposed that they are either sickening or hysterical. They are proof positive -- as if proof were needed -- that my life is nothing more than somebody's cruel joke. Fact #1: I am fearless. Fact #2: I am always running away."

Ed wants to help her. But whose side is Ed on?