Prue and Piper each grabbed one of Portia's hands, and clung to her, as if to shield her from some unseen force.
"I should have know..." Patty said weakly. "I mean, of course I knew but... I just didn't expect.. so soon..."
"Mom, what is it?" Phoebe asked, growing increasingly worried.
Patty didn't answer. Instead, she turned and went upstairs. The girls followed. No one spoke a word unitil they reached the attic.
"Mother!" Patty called, her voice still shaking, but getting stronger.
Grams appeared. She guessed that something was seriously wrong by the look on Patty's face and the distress in her voice.
Portia slunk over to the couch, terrified. She had known since she got her powers that she was in great danger, but it hadn't really sunk in until she saw the fear in her mother, grandmother, and sisters. Prue sat beside her and stroked her Portia's hair.
"Grams," Phoebe said faintly, "exactly how powerful is Mal?"
"I should have know..." Patty said weakly. "I mean, of course I knew but... I just didn't expect.. so soon..."
"Mom, what is it?" Phoebe asked, growing increasingly worried.
Patty didn't answer. Instead, she turned and went upstairs. The girls followed. No one spoke a word unitil they reached the attic.
"Mother!" Patty called, her voice still shaking, but getting stronger.
Grams appeared. She guessed that something was seriously wrong by the look on Patty's face and the distress in her voice.
Portia slunk over to the couch, terrified. She had known since she got her powers that she was in great danger, but it hadn't really sunk in until she saw the fear in her mother, grandmother, and sisters. Prue sat beside her and stroked her Portia's hair.
"Grams," Phoebe said faintly, "exactly how powerful is Mal?"
