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the plots are mine. Timeline after forever charmed and after catherines death

Chapter 2

Vincent listened to the woman intently as she told her tale

"I moved to new york to track down balthazar, he became human for a little while then he was turned into the source of all evil. That's the king of the underworld. He was a bishop of the roman catholic church in the 16th century when he was human. Do you remember what day the knights templar were all but exterminated on. October the 13th 1302ad. A friday." she waited while vincent drew breath. "His ancestor was responsible for that massacre."

"So do you have a whitelighter, you know the ones that watch over you?" asked vincent

"Well, yes but paige isn't pleased with me, she thinks I'm too independent for my own good" laughed rinda

"I don't think that's true, rinda from what I saw out there in central, you were holding out on your own." vincent said softly as he caressed her cheek

"Oh vincent, vincent. You are in so much pain, I can feel it eating away at you." cried rinda

Vincent dropped his head and wept. He had forgotten about his emotional pain on this day for a second. It was april 12th, 18 years ago he saved catherine and 15 years ago he lost her to an evil man called gabriel. But his only comfort was the fact that his catherine had borne him a child. Jacob was 14 years old now. And was away on vacation in europe with devin wells

"Oh vincent, there is a way I can help you, give some peace back to your broken heart" she said as she put her hands on his.

"Rinda, thank you for your kind offer but nothing gives me peace on this day." vincent turned his back to her in anguish

"But there is, please let me help you vincent?" she beckoned

"Ok, how will you help though" asked vincent

"With magic, good magic vincent, It's spell I learned after I lost my mother. Do you have five white candles vincent and a large space?"

"Yes, can you orb us there? I don't think you should walk too far with your injury" said vincent

"I'll try, now here exactly are we orbing to?" asked rinda

"The great hall" Rinda nodded

Vincent then felt the strangest tug on his navel area as he felt a bright white light envelop him

then they were in the great hall.

"Vincent, can you grab those candles off the table?" asked rinda as she shifted the chairs

Vincent set out the candles as rinda directed

"Vincent, are you sure you want to do this because this could be very painful for you?" she asked before she did anything

Vincent took a deep breath before nodding his consent

"Ok"

"Spirit of catherine

Come to us we call you here

come to us we call you near

beloved spirit catherine

cross now the great divide"

Just then a great many orbs came to the center of the candles

And there was his catherine surrounded in a soft glow, a haze of light

Vincent fell to his knees sobbing

"Oh catherine, catherine, can you ever forgive me my love?" he sobbed

"Oh vincent, don't you know" whispered catherine as she walked towards him

"My love, there is nothing to forgive. The time that was stolen from us we will get back. I promise you vincent. When you die you will join me in heaven but now you must live my darling,

with hope and love all things are possible. Live for jacob, our beautiful son. I am so glad you found him. For now you have realised you are a human being my love. I have watched over you from the moment we lost each other. I have much to be proud of my love. I am glad the elders let me watch over you and our son. For now remember always remember death shall have no dominion, our love is forever vincent. But you must learn to love again, have no doubt vincent, Rinda is now your soulmate." whispered catherine as she caressed his cheek "I love you, catherine, Be at peace my love" Vincent kissed her and then blew out the candles

Rinda had turned her back on the moving scene and vincent looked at her quivering shoulders

He walked up to her and placed his hands on her small shoulders

"Rinda, I know you heard that" he husked in her ear

Rinda turned quickly in his arms and sobbed her heart out

"Oh rinda, I feel as though I have been given a second chance, I think I knew the moment our bond flaired up" cried vincent as he buried his face into the curve of her shoulder

"I think I knew as well, but vincent I can't put you in danger my love. I must destroy balthazar and the sooner I do that, the sooner we can be together. Sometimes maybe moving out of the halliwell manor wasn't a good idea. The charmed ones and I were safe there. If I hadn't of moved out I would never have met you. Just feeling your love surrounding me is enough to get me through a day." Vincents head shot up at that statement

"But that means you...are highly empathic as well" he said shocked

"Yes, vincent, I could never explain to my parents how I was able to help others. Suddenly when I was 16 it was like I felt the the whole weight of the world on my shoulders and a deep sadness

I just cried everyday" said rinda with her face buried in his chest

"What happened to your parents, rinda?" asked vincent softly

"I lost my mother at young age, a brain haemorrage, she was 43 years old, my dad betrayed the family and the memory of my mother. He left america for england 9 months after her death. I found out he cheated on her with everyone on our street. I idolised my father but he didn't love us enough" rinda started crying again

"Oh my love, I'm sorry, I won't talk about it anymore if it upsets you" rinda then took the initiative and kissed vincent softly and sweetly, he responded eagerly

With the worst possible timing Father found them in the great hall

"Vincent, what do you think you are doing? you have just met this woman, we don't know if we can trust this woman!" he thundered at vincent

"Why! Because I'm a witch, Excuse me vincent but I wouldn't want to corrupt your sensibilities

by seducing you" she snapped and then walked out of the great hall

"Rinda!....Rinda!" vincent shouted after her

Vincent turned around and glared at Jacob wells "What have you done father?" he growled

"I'm s...sorry, vincent, I didn't realise saying it like that would offend her" he sat down heavily

"I know you didn't mean to insult her faith and her religious views" vincent sighed

"Father, before I bought her to you, A bond, another connection flared up like with catherine only stronger. it appears the gods saw fit to bless her with empathic abilities. She is a strange wonderful woman. Just before you got here. She had conjured catherines spirit. Catherine is at peace father and gave me her blessing to move on." Father looked at him and waved him off

"Go and find her, vincent and please offer my apologies" Vincent answered with a kiss to his father's forehead

He ran hoping she hadn't left the tunnels. He used the bond they now shared to track her

She was sitting cross-legged at the bridge over the abyss sobbing almost hyperventilating

"Oh Rinda! don't...don't my sweet one, my father was just shocked. I have been celibate since I lost catherine and father sees it as a betrayal to her" he husked in her ear as he held her tightly

"Then say it vincent, say you love me. I need to hear the words. I know we have just met but I can't keep this from you. I love you already. I have from the moment I looked at you" she cried

"I love you Rinda. But I would like to do this slowly, take it one day at a time." he gave her a brazen look which sent shivers down her spine

"Come back to my chamber with me.I just want to hold you so much." vincent pulled her to her feet

and rinda orbed them back to his chamber.