*** `` many years ago , thousands of years ago , in fact , there was a special species of human-like creatures on the earth . my new book is going to spill the beans on everything , so i can come clean . the hairs on the back of cassie 's neck were tingling . `` i 'm worried about you , '' he said quietly . she did n't have time for the butterflies in her stomach . theres a lot of ways she can spread that information . it can overload and confuse an electronic system , shutting it down temporarily . 