I would like to say thank you to my reviewers. And although they have become lesser I'm still glad that someone reads my story.
I just wonder why I lost them.
Wyatt looked at her intensely from his place on the bed. Faith stood before the mirror and looked over a few dresses.
"What do you think?" She asked when she had only two dresses left.
Wyatt sat up and rested the upper part of his body against the bed head. His gaze wandered from the ice blue silk dress to the black one she held before herself.
"The black one. It will match with my outfit." He decided.
"Fine with me." She hang the blue dress back in the cupboard and put the black one on a chair before she moved back to the bed and under the covers resting her head on Wyatt's shoulder.
"Could we talk again about the binding?" She asked carefully while his hand played with her soft curls.
"Faith. You have to understand why I did this." He inhaled deeply and placed a kiss on her head before he continued.
"You know that our situation isn't the best. After Chris had left the houses got nervous."
Faith waited for him to continue. She knew that he needed time.
"I needed to make sure that nothing would happen to you and to my son. What if the houses decide to stand together against me? I'm strong but I couldn't defeat them all."
Faith raised up a put his head between her slender fingers.
"You did this because of me and our child?"
He looked her straight into her bright green eyes.
"For whom else? You are my life!" A tear rolled down her cheek and he gently caught it with his hand.
Their lips touched and she moved her hand around his chest to press him harder against her.
After a few moments she stopped.
"Wait! Before we continue this… Let us please finish talking before."
Their foreheads touched and he closed his eyes for a moment.
"Alright."
They parted and Wyatt started talking again.
"That is the reason why I'm going to bind her to the Arraken. I need Jade and her followers on my site. I need their support."
"But Wyatt. Why id you change the original binding? You know that Melinda should have been bound to Gage Orlat. He is good. They are good for each other."
"And that's the point. He is good! The warren Line has always been good. I'm the only one who is besides good and evil. That's why I bind her to an evil clan. She will be fine. Believe me."
Faith said nothing for a few moments.
Her mind was racing. These facts were new. Maybe she should tell Chris what was going on. What the reasons for Wyatt's decision were.
"Faith?"
Wyatt's voice took her out of her thoughts.
"I'm here, baby. Just thinking. "
"About?"
"Our future."
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The members of the council went up as they recognized the charmed ones.
"My ladies!" The eight members bend their heads.
"Chris? What's going on here?" Paige asked nervous.
But he ignored her.
"Relax. They are from the past." The council members looked up again and sat down.
Chris ordered someone to bring three extra chairs.
After all sat at the table the old man the charmed ones remembered as Harlan spoke.
"Why are they here?"
"Well, WE are here because of Chris. We thought that he could need our help!" Piper said making clear that they could be ignored.
Chris spoke up.
"The charmed ones followed me from the past. But that will not change a thing. We will carry on like planed."
The members nodded. But the girls could see that they were uncomfortable having the charmed ones around them.
A middle-aged woman spoke next.
"Chris would you mind giving us a short briefing about your time in the past?"
"Not at all. You all knew the reason why I travelled back. The truth is: I failed. I couldn't solve our problem in time and now we have to fear worse things. We need to stop the binding."
The members all agreed.
A young woman stood up and started speaking.
Piper leaned towards Chris.
"Who are this people?"
"The speaker is Sheila Atom. Don't be fooled by her young appearance she is 265 years old. The one with the white beard is Harlan. He raised my after my parents died. He also is the father of Faith. The woman with the red hair is Lady Kaldera and the man besides her is the head of the elders. His name is Nathan. The black man over there is Morien Ballerd he is the son of the last source. To his left you see Freya who trains Odins soldiers.
The woman at the end of the table is Oren Kitazu she is the head of the Kibaru demons. They are very powerful and very important. And the one on my left side is Gage Orlat. He is the son of Rowena Orlat. His family always was on the good site they are nearly as powerful as the Warren Line." Chris finished explaining and stood up.
"My friends the time has come. The Resistance is ready. It's now or never." he paused and looked meaningful at the members.
"If anyone of you has any doubts about this now is the time to say them."
He waited but nobody responded.
"Good. As you all know we have to hurry. He sets the binding for tomorrow at midnight. We have to stop this."
Chris waved his hand in Gage's direction and sat down while the tall blond man stood up.
"The preparations are in full course. He has invited all of the houses and Melinda is prepared for the binding. He tripled the Guards and is as careful as never before. If we act now we must be successful. This might be our only chance."
Gage sat down and Chris turned towards him.
"What about you?"
Gage looked straight at him.
"I don't know what you mean!" He answered stubbornly.
"You were supposed to marry her. You know that. Are you going to challenge him?" Chris wanted to know.
"That depends on you." Gage answered looking Chris straight in the eyes.
"You know that she is supposed to be mine. So it was planned since her parents died and the Solaris raised her. She is mine!"
"In know and I always approved it. You are like family to me. And I know that she likes you. I can't think of a better mate for her." Chris pointed out. Gage smiled and nodded.
"Thank you Christian."
The council started a discussion about what they should do now.
Chris leaned back and observed it silently.
The charmed ones decided that they had enough.
"Okay, Chris what's going on here?"
He ignored them and hit the table with his fist.
"We don't have time for that." everyone went quiet.
Finally Lady Kaldera stood up.
"Chris we know that. But what if you fail? You are possibly the only one who can stop him. And what about the witches will they be ready? You know that we need them."
Chris nodded.
"I know that. And they are ready believe me."
"We would like to hear it from one of them!" Lady Kaldera stated.
The charmed ones looked at each other and finally Phoebe spoke.
" I can assure you, that we are ready for what ever you …" She was stopped from the laughing of the members.
"Don't be silly. Your powers aren't even near the strength we would need. You are to young." Lady Kaldera said gently.
"Excuse me? What do you think you are talking to? We are the charmed ones."
Morien`s dark voice floated the room as he spoke.
"We know who you are. But that doesn't change a bit. You still aren't powerful enough. Chris would you call her!"
Chris nodded.
"Piper, Phoebe, Paige. They are right. You aren't strong enough. Please sit down I will explain everything later. Okay?" He waited for the three to nod.
"Good."
"Hear these words, hear my cries
Spirit from the other site, come to me I summon thee, cross now the great divine."