After nearly eight years, Matt Donovan has somehow managed to escape the supernatural life.

Sure, hes died.

But it turns out, originally, Donovan was going to have a familial connection to the supernatural.

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So why did that twist fall through?

Long story short, things were getting too dark too fast.

And then we started talking about the legend of the sirens and how they were psychic.

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But as for Matt, hes still as human as can be.

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