"How is Piper?" Leo questioned quickly as Patty appeared in the council of Elders.

"What do you think? She just lost another one of her sisters! Her baby sister at that." Patty frowned up to where Leo was sitting.

"So who is Chris?" Leo demanded his voice suddenly hard.

"None of your business. Chris isn't the issue here!" Patty rolled her eyes and turned to the face the eldest Elders table.

"When do you plan on filling my daughters' in on the grand plan?"

"That is no concern of yours." Percy frowned at Patty.

"Anything to do with my family concerns me!" Patty spited.

"What Percy, meant to say is that we will tell your daughters the grand plan when the time is right." Gideon said holding his hands up peacefully as he walked from his front row seat to where Patty was standing.

"I understood Percy perfectly well. Thank you very much Gideon." Patty frowned darkly.

Gideon nodded. "Thank you for telling Piper and Phoebe what they needed to know right now."

Gideon sighed deeply. "Now I believe Penny needs your assistants with your other two daughters.

Patty raised her eyebrows. "Oh." She very well knew what Gideon was applying. But it got her gall that this elder was the one telling her that her children needed her.

"Do you have a problem with me, Patty?" Gideon raised his own eye brow.

"Matter of fact I do … " Patty was going to say more when raised female voices could be heard.

With one lost scorching look up at Leo, Patty turned and walked down the solid cloudy walk to the Golden doors of the council of Elder's room.

"Where were we?" Gideon turned back round to face the eldest Elder's table.

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