A/N: Thanks to anyone that's still reading this. I'm sorry for the delay. I was really nervous about these chapters. The next chapter is already written, I don´t post it just because it's long. So, please review so I'll know you read this one and I´ll post the other. I know the demon´s story is a little complicated so any questions, just ask.

Thanks to everyone that reviewed, you guys are great!

Thanks to Rosadina and Gua.

Thanks to teal-lover who betaed this chapters and told me to post. Thanks, teal lover. You are amazing!

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Chapter twenty: Hidden things

After spending the whole afternoon doing Wyatt's bidding, Chris felt horribly tired. He had to admit to himself that being evil wasn't as easy as he had always thought. Actually, it was a pretty tough work.

Torturing the demons had caused him a conflict he wasn't expecting. He didn't like causing pain to others but these were demons, demons that had performed a lot of torturing themselves. He wasn't exactly happy for directing the torture, but he couldn't feel unhappy either. It was partly his fault this demons' were being tortured (well, it was completely his fault). But some of these demons had killed his friend and he couldn't forget that. All the time his diabolic brother had been standing next to him, reading his contradictory feelings and having a great joy at them. Chris had wanted to punch him really hard even if a part of him was amused watching Wyatt, who behaved exactly like the first time he had taught him to play soccer: like he was showing him a new game they could enjoy together. Chris couldn't deny a part of him was almost happy he read something like that. At the past, after Bianca had died he had been sure that next time he saw Wyatt it would be the last. That his brother hated him enough to kill him without regrets. He had to admit he felt incredibly happy to learn that wasn't true, even if he knew Wyatt couldn't be trusted and he wouldn't hesitate in hurting and even killing Chris if he felt he needed to.

The worst part had been going to every shelter Tom knew and capturing the rebels that were still there. Tom knew the location of a lot of shelters, because a lot of people at the resistance trusted him. Through the years, Wyatt had used Tom's information to locate rebel shelters capturing some of the fighters. But he'd never gone to all the shelters Tom knew to prevent the resistance from guessing Tom was the spy. But after Tom's death there was no need to protect him. So, Chris had to go to the shelters to capture people he had worked with and that had been harder than what he had thought. He had done it all by himself. Wyatt had been very "kind" offering him demons to help him. But Chris was afraid the demons would kill anyone and he had chosen to capture the rebels himself.

Wyatt had made a big deal out of it, gathering all his demons that apparently were amazed at how quickly Chris had done it. Stupid Wyatt had even given his demons a speech on how they should have Chris' efficiency. Chris had felt a little shocked reading Wyatt's feelings and knowing that he actually meant what he said.

Chris wasn't that happy even if he had managed not to harm seriously anyone but he had brought every single soul that was at the shelters to his brother's jail. A lot of people had been captured. He had also put a spell on the jails restraining everyone's powers except for Wyatt's. Even Chris didn't know a way to lift it. That had been Wyatt's specific order. Chris hated himself for doing so but he had found some comfort in the fact that he hadn't hurt anyone. Wyatt finished his speech, he ordered Chris to follow him and then he shimmered away. Chris obeyed and he found himself next to a door.

"What are we doing here, Wyatt, what is this?"

"I have something to show you. We need to discuss something, when we are finished, you can go to sleep. You look tired"

"Of course I'm tired bro, didn't you know? I have this terrible boss now that keeps me working the whole day and gives stupid orders all the time. Would you kick his ass next time you see him?"

To Chris´ surprise Wyatt smiled while he put his hands on Chris shoulders, almost hugging him.

"Did I tell you how happy I am to have you here? And how proud I feel to have a brother like you?" Wyatt asked when he pulled apart with a broad smile in his face.

Chris looked at his brother amused and he tried not to look pleased, even if he was, he couldn't help but feel flattered. He sadly thought that he had never heard and he would never hear something like that from Leo. He pulled the thought away and he gave Wyatt a weak smile.

"Glad that someone is proud, because I'm not"

"Well, let me help you a little, bro. First off, you didn't tell me where they were, Tom was the one that did it, secondly if you didn't go, I would have sent someone else and some of those people would be dead. So, everything is fine for everyone"

"Oh, but those poor people are not fine. You shouldn't torture people, Wyatt."

"And you should be my brother always."

"I've been your brother since I was born and I think that counts as always."

"You know what I mean. And thanks to you, Brittany is still free" anger was back to Wyatt's tone of voice.

"Please, stop complaining about that. Or at least, explain why she's so important. Not that I'd ever want to kill her, but you keep talking about that and…"

"The explanation you want is right behind this door." Wyatt interrupted him harshly.

Chris looked at the door curiously.

"Now I can show you who was mom's real killer" Wyatt said seriously but Chris could read him and he knew his brother felt really enthusiastic about what he was about to do. Chris looked at the door with curiosity and then at his brother's smile, thinking that lately that always meant bad news.

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"Time trips are dangerous, Ashcroft" the elder's ghost warned energetically.

"This wasn't supposed to happen. You should know it; you died because of the mistake you'd made; now you have a chance to repair it."

"I didn't know it would get this bad. Turns out, we were right all along, and yet I wouldn't have guessed he would be this powerful"

"He is, and we need a potion to stop him. Only the Power of Three can make that potion and we don't have it here."

"What about the brother?"

"Who can trust someone so powerful? As far as I'm concerned, the brother shouldn't exist either. Besides, Wyatt has him in his power now."

"What do you mean with that?"

"A slavery spell."

"What a jerk! Leo would have been really disappointed"

"If Leo had respected the rules and not married the witch, none of this would be happening. But I have to admit that mistake and all Chris is a good kid. I'm sure he'll say the spell to kill Wyatt if things come to a life or death matter. And with the help of everyone's magic it will be enough. Of course, Chris might join his brother any time and we might not have a chance to say the spell. But it's not the same with the potion; we can get it Chris or no Chris. We need to get it as soon as possible and then we'll think what to do about the spell. I need your help with this, old friend. I need you to get a potion that works"

"Time trips never end up well. I could make things worse. Besides, I can't touch things, so it'll be hard to bring the potion."

"I'm sure you'll find a way. You are our only hope. No one else can try time-travel except for those dammed Halliwells, and now Wyatt is controlling Chris. And about making things worse, things can't be worse, trust me."

"You know I'll always trust you. I'll try to help you, old friend"

"Thanks, be careful. Lord Wyatt can sense time trips."

"I will" Gideon's ghost vanished slowly; he had to think how an Elder's ghost could time travel. But he wasn't worried; he knew he'd find a way.

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"So, what are we waiting for?" Chris looked at Wyatt, intrigued.

"Oh, nothing. Orb inside"

Chris tried.

"I can't" he looked surprised at Wyatt, who laughed and put his hands on his shoulders to flame them inside the room.

"Why can't I orb but you can flame?"

"Because I'm better. Jealous, Chris?"

"I would be, if I wanted insane demonic powers. But I'll pass."

Wyatt smirked. "Only my powers can get through these walls, no one else but I can enter and if I let someone in, he's powerless"

"I don't feel powerless, in fact..." Chris used his telekinesis to throw a chair at Wyatt. Wyatt stopped it just in time.

"Don't play games that you are going to lose, little bro." he gave Chris a threatening look,

"Oh, it was just a little joke for being such an egocentric asshole; I wasn't trying anything, not really"

"I know, I guess you can use telekinesis because you share it with me. Apparently the spell I put in the room doesn't distinguish between your magic and mine"

"But I can't orb in here."

"And I can't orb either, jealous baby brother. Only my source powers work here."

"I see." Chris felt suddenly tired. Wyatt looked at him surprised feeling that something was wrong. It was a strange feeling, he wasn't sure of what it could mean. Perhaps it was just that his empathy was being affected by the room. This was the first time he entered it with someone else and it was a room particularly made to keep good witches away. Centuries of evil magic were guarded there, but Chris didn't need to know that. He only had to show him a particular book.

"Do you feel ok?"

"I'm feeling a little weird, this room...feels...evil. So, please make this quick."

"You'll be all right, besides..."

"Yes, I know. Good and evil don't exist. We are all just a happy family with some misunderstandings. But this room feels like the evil part of the family, even if evil doesn't exist."

"Exactly, See? You are learning."

"I was afraid you would make me write it a hundred times if I didn't say it. " Chris looked around. "There are tons of books here," he commented casually, while looking around pretending not to look for anything in particular. But he didn't fool Wyatt.

"Are you looking for the Book of Shadows?" Chris' look was enough answer. Wyatt smirked

"I'm sorry, Chris, but you won't see it again until I can trust you completely. And don't think for a moment that you'll be able to steal it from me again."

Chris looked down. Then he looked shyly at his brother.

"Wy" he asked softly "have you checked it after you made the spell? Has the triquetra...?"

Wyatt thought of lying but he saw no point. "I've checked" he answered. "No, it hasn't but it will, soon I'm sure."

When Wyatt had become the source the triquetra in the book of shadow's cover had separated. Wyatt knew Chris was obsessed with that stupid thing joining again.

"It's because you are evil" Chris couldn't help making it sound like an accusation.

"Chris..."

"Maybe you should tell the freaking book that good and evil don't exist so there aren't two sides."

"What the book senses is that our magic is not in sync, that's all. Once you join me that will be solved" to be honest Wyatt had also expected the triquetra to re-join after the spell. But apparently that wouldn't happen until Chris joined him for real. Or never.

"I don't think so. But if that's the case, the book shouldn't hold its breath about that"

"Then you shouldn't expect to see it again any time soon. "

Chris' face turned to anger, but he didn't reply. He'd have another occasion to discuss this with his brother. He'd try again when he had better chances of wining. Besides, it was important for him to be in good terms with Wyatt, and this kind of discussions with Wyatt wasn't the way.

Wyatt went on with a kinder tone of voice. "But there is a book I want you to see" he waved his hand and a book appeared in it. Chris looked at it surprised; the book emanated such a strong evil power that Chris was afraid to touch it.

"Take it, Chris, it won't bite you"

Chris took it with disgust, it was heavy and its cover was completely black.

"You know what this is, right? This is THE book."

"The book dad was searching for? The one that talks about Hammorand demons?" Chris sounded excited for the first time.

"Exactly" Wyatt smiled.

Chris became a little wary while he looked the book with attention.

"Wasn't it written by the first source? I think it's said that anyone that reads it turns evil." A part of him was asking himself if the book was the answer he was looking for. Perhaps it hadn't been a demon; it had been the book the thing that had turned Wyatt. But he didn't think it would be that simple.

Wyatt read the thought and laughed. "Open and read it Chris"

"Jerk! You can tell me anything it says yourself, I don't need to read it."

"You are such a baby, thinking of good an evil and books that make you switch from one to the other."

"I just don't want to read it." Chris was starting to feel like a kid, getting angry at Wyatt's taunting.

"Come on, read two lines, now." Wyatt commanded seriously but with an almost teasing voice.

Chris felt furious as he couldn't disobey, he opened the book feeling its evil magic and he read some random lines, carefully trying not to read much. He could feel a strong power coming from the book, and for a moment he found himself thinking if there was a way to use that power for his purposes. Centuries of evil magic to do of them whatever he wanted. He was strong enough; he could use that power no matter how evil it was. He could help so many people with it. He could even find a way to stop Wyatt. Just as he thought that, flashes of Bianca's death assaulted him. Bianca had died because she had thought she could make a deal with Wyatt in order to help Chris. Chris thought of better times with Daniel and he thought of his mom. Piper had died because she had chosen to help innocents. She had given her normal life up just to help them. She had never taken more powers than the ones she had been given and she had never thought killing an innocent was right, no matter if she liked him or not. She had never tried to use evil powers, no matter how much she needed them. She had died defending those beliefs. Her sisters had done the same thing and Chris had to continue with this tradition. He wouldn't let his mom; Daniel and Bianca and his aunts die for nothing.

He closed his eyes quickly, fighting the sensation coming from the book. He was the only one that could save his brother, the only one that was carrying on the family tradition, the only one fighting for the right side (no matter what Wyatt said about sides not existing) and if he started thinking like Wyatt everything would be lost. Making an effort, he put that thoughts away and read some more lines, to prove Wyatt he wasn't affected by the book. The he looked at his brother.

"Nothing happened," he said in a casual tone of voice.

Wyatt had read his inner struggle and knew exactly what had happened. He wasn't disappointed at all. He knew his brother was too strong for that book. He just laughed and he went closer to Chris, putting a hand on his shoulder and whispering in an inviting tone "Do you feel more evil Chris? Do you want to come and slaughter good witches with me?"

"You are really stupid Wyatt" Chris was clenching his teeth.

Wyatt laughed hard and he spoke sounding really patronizing. "Don't be a baby, Chris. How can you believe that a book can turn a person? Nothing happened to me either, I mean in case you want to blame the book for the thing that didn't happen to me."

"The book has a lot of evil magic, it can turn people. You wanted it to turn me, right?"

"Come on! I knew it wouldn't. You are stronger that what you like to think. And I won't get in another good and evil discussion. Now that you feel still like a good and preachy witch, don't you want to read the part about Hammorand demons?"

Chris nodded immediately. Wyatt waved his hand and Chris looked expectantly at the page in front of him. He couldn't believe it. His father wasn't following a false tip, at least for once. The book existed and according to Wyatt it would give him information about who had killed their mom. He had always blamed Leo for looking for false tips, for caring about a book that didn't exist instead of taking care of his family. And now he knew that his father had been right. And it was Wyatt who had proved it. He hugged Wyatt quickly and he gave him a bright smile.

"Thanks for finding it, brother" he simply said before starting to read.

Wyatt looked at him in shock, completely surprised. Then he smiled, and it took him more than a few minutes to turn his expression serious again.

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"What vanquishing potion are you talking about?" everyone's eyes were fixed in Reny. Phoebe was looking at him, but she was lost in her own thoughts.

"The potion you keep in case any source comes back."

"We don't keep any potions, mister," Phoebe said impatiently. "And there is something really important we need to discuss, we don't have time for this liar's crap," she added turning to the others.

"I'm not lying," Reny was offended. "The elders had been watching you, and I know some of them had been talking about getting the vanquishing potion you keep in case the source returns."

"We don't…" Piper and Phoebe were going to say, but something in Paige's expression stopped them.

"Paige?" Phoebe asked confusedly.

"What?" Paige answered with fake innocence.

Her sisters stared at her.

"Ok. I made a potion, just in case; it's just that Cole always comes back. And even if it wasn't him, I thought it would save time in case a new source came or whatever."

"And why didn't you say anything?"

"I wasn't sure if you'd agree," Paige said looking at Phoebe guilty.

"That's just…" Phoebe hissed angrily, and then she thought about her vision. "You know what; we don't have time for this."

"I really don't know how the elders found out. I never told anyone" Paige was feeling completely embarrassed.

"They'd known it for years." Reny said rocking his daughter.

Leo was starting to feel angry and betrayed. Something was really wrong there. He didn't know abut the prophecy and now he learnt his sister in law had made a potion; the elders knew and hadn't said a word to him. Why? Why keep him in the dark about that prophecy that apparently had nothing to do with him? He was an Elder and Elders were supposed to share information with each other. And that potion, if the Elders wanted it they could have asked for it. Unless…

"Where is that potion? Can you bring it?" he asked worriedly.

"It's in the bathroom, I hided it with my perfumes. I'll bring it" Paige said not daring a look to Phoebe. Phoebe realized she should talk about Chris, but everyone was thinking of something else now. Besides, she couldn't just tell Piper that Chris was her son, not to mention he had no idea of how Leo would react to that news.

She was thinking of this when Paige came back.

"We have a problem," she announced. "Someone stole the potion"

Everyone looked at her in shock and a sudden orb surprised them all. Reny had orbed out, taking advantage of the distraction.

"Ok, this is a real mess but I have something important to say" Phoebe interrupted them impatiently. Whatever the prophecy or Reny's baby meant, that could wait for sure. Family was more important.

"I don't care what anyone has to say. I'd had enough babbling about the future. I'm going there right now"

Piper was running upstairs before anyone could stop her. She could only think that no one could want a potion to vanquish a source when there was no source. The person that had stolen the potion had to know that an important source would rise and that explained why they wanted the potion. The fact that the source could be Wyatt would explain why they'd steal it instead of asking for it. Perhaps she was wrong. But she needed to find out. Evil or no evil, she couldn't let anyone hurt her boy. Not until she saw how evil he really was.

"Piper! This is important!" Phoebe ran after her.

Shrugging Paige and Leo orbed to the attic to meet the other two. Leo thought that Piper was right. They needed to go to the future; the elders had been hiding too many things. If he could know how much of what Chris had said was true he might find out why his co-workers were hiding things from him.

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"So, they were evil?" Chris lifted his gaze and he looked at his brother with surprise. This was so different that what they'd heard for years.

"Not exactly. But they stole powers and killed witches."

Chris rolled his eyes as asking if that wasn't evil what was. Wyatt didn't pay attention to his brothers attitude and he went on.

"I'm not even sure that all the elders knew. But there was one that certainly knew it: Ashcroft's brother."

"And what does that have to do with anything?" Chris looked at Wyatt with real surprise.

"Read the story and I'll tell you."

Chris nodded and he eagerly started to read. The story didn't clarify Wyatt's words but it was surprisingly different from everything they knew. The first source had considered Hammorand demons one of the biggest threats to his kingdom. They were like vampires that sucked powers, good or evils without distinction. Nothing and no one could stop them. They weren't smart and they didn't want to take over the world. They didn't even understand what the word "world" meant. They just sensed powers and went to take them. But as stupid as they were, there was no magic in the world able to stop them. They fed with power and whenever they started sucking someone's powers there was no way to stop them until the person was killed. No spell or magic good or evil could be used to stop them. The demons could seek for powerful witches and transport directly to where they were. They were a threat to everyone. They absorbed any powers thrown at them and no weapon was able to kill them. They didn't need sex to have babies; they just reproduced by touching each other so their number kept increasing. Elders didn't exist at that time but one of the most powerful witches named Amanda decided to fight them. One of the demons had killed her dad and they were attacking her family. She wanted to solve the problem. As they were weak in the mind, Amanda had thought of making a spell linking her mind to the demon's mind. She would use that link to control them, stop them from reproducing and keep them from doing any harm. Even if she was a good witch, she had to perform dark magic to do that. She was imposing her will over other creatures, stopping their normal evolution to go on. Not good magic does that, at least not for long. She could control the demons but she needed more powers and evil powers to stop them from reproducing. She also needed a way to make the link work, even after her death. Desperate, she turned to the first source for help. She thought he would help her, after all the demons were a threat to him too.

The source promised to help her. He thought her idea was good and he really wanted to stop the demons. He asked her for a sample of her blood, telling her that blood was a good way of keeping the link alive even if she died. Her sons and daughters would keep it after her death. But then, the source became afraid of the power Amanda would gain by controlling those creatures. If she knew how to break the link she could try something later, threatening to break it and let the demons free if people didn't obey her. He was also afraid she could use the link to steal other witches' powers. So, he decided to use the fact that the witch was pregnant. As he had told Amanda, he had used a sample of her blood to keep the link. The source made sure that the only way to break the link was with blood of the witch's baby. But not just blood, the blood should come directly from the baby's heart, in an amount that would kill the baby. The blood should be poured over the demon and a spell should be cast by a powerful witch, one with powers even greater than Amanda's. The source also wanted to make sure that Amanda wouldn't use the link to take powers. So, he made sure that if the witch had used the demons to take powers she wouldn't be able to use them unless the link was broken.

The strength of breaking the link would probably kill the demons, unless they were too many. Then they would probably get out of control again.

Amanda was very angry by the result of the spell but she knew she shouldn't have expected much from the source. At least, the spell had worked. The demons stopped reproducing and attacking witches. Once they stopped sucking powers they even aged, which meant that they would die someday.

The link was kept intact through bloodline, with the eldest member of Amanda's descendants controlling the demons and the youngest one the one whose blood could break the link between the family and the demons. Afraid for her family's sake Amanda had kept the story and the link as a secret and only her family knew. She trained her eldest son to use the link. When she had other kids she warned all of them to look after the youngest whose blood would break the link, making the demons a threat again. They never knew what the source could do about this. The source also kept the story as a secret. He didn't want any demons or witches messing with that Hammorand demons to try to absorb powers. The demons weren't a threat anymore and Amanda couldn't use her control over them for power's purposes. Things were great the way they were and with time the demons would die and it would be easy to vanquish them by killing Amanda youngest family member

That was the end of the book's entry about the demons.

Chris looked at his brother when he finished.

"Ok, this is an awful story. But there a lot of things I don't get."

"Like what?" Wyatt said with a smirk. He was happy Chris was listening. This was his opportunity to make Chris understand. Chris read this and he frowned.

"Take the opportunity, then" he said angrily. "The first thing is, why didn't the source link himself to the demons? That would have given him power and it was better than making such a difficult spell."

"Linking your mind to other things is always risky."

Chris rolled his eyes referring to his brother's slavery spell. "Really? And how would you know about that?"

Wyatt didn't take the hint. He just went on giving Chris a scowling look. "The source probably thought it was better to let Amanda take the risk, if it worked fine if it didn't he could always kill her."

"That's a very practical thing to think. Hope you are not planning to do the same if your link with me doesn't work."

"We'll always have a bond, weather you like it or not. I've just made it work the way I want." Wyatt answered very proud of himself.

Chris rolled his eyes. "Ok, leaving your power trip and going back to the story" Wyatt smirked a little but he let Chris go on. When he was sure his brother wasn't going to do anything about his sarcasm Chris went on with his question. "Why didn't the source kill Amanda's child, breaking the link and killing all the demons? He knew that was the way to get rid of them permanently. I don't think he would be worried about killing a baby. Sources tend not to care about anything." He finished his last thought dryly.

Wyatt just smiled at the hint. "There were too many of the demons. Breaking the link would have killed some of them, but the remaining ones would have been out of control. The source was expecting for their number to decrease but it decreased too slowly, nothing could destroy the demons; they just died when they were too old, something that can't happen to them when they absorb powers. But they had stopped reproducing and they weren't absorbing powers anymore. So, the source realized that it was better to leave things that way. It took ages before the number of demons decreased enough to think that breaking the link would have killed all of them. The source and Amanda's family kept everything as a secret. When that source was vanquished, this book was lost. No evil being knew about this and the only good witches that knew were Amanda's descendants."

"But someone broke the link or the demon wouldn't have attacked mom. OMG, are you trying to tell me that they are reproducing again?"

"Not they. Just that one. And he kept absorbing powers and killing witches. I'm trying to keep that as a secret. Those were the rumors Patrick and I were talking about at the meeting. I tried to stop it and kill the demon with spells but I couldn't. The only way to stop them is killing the witch's youngest child. And my power isn't enough, that's why I need you. If you don't do this, there soon will be too many demons and even if we kill the witch, they won't die. And everything will be lost. They would end of the magical world as we know it."

"But no one has broken the link yet or the demons would have died. It's not like in times of the first source. There aren't that many. They'll die for sure if someone breaks the link. Especially if I don't do it alone, if we do it together, they won't withstand our combined power. But that will change if this demon keeps reproducing."

"I don't get it. If the link wasn't broken, why did this demon attack mom?"

"Don't you get it? There is only one explanation: the person that controls the demons used that demon to kill mom. It was a great way; everyone thought these demons weren't a threat. But I think that absorbing mom's powers was too much for the demon and he got out of control, breaking the original spell. So, he's absorbing powers and reproducing again."

"You mean that the person that controls the link sent the demon to kill mom? But why? He or she can't use mom's powers unless his youngest child or sibling gets killed and someone performs the ritual the book describes."

Wyatt was losing his patience. "Don't you see it, brother? The person didn't want mom's powers, he just wanted to kill mom. And us, if he had the chance, don't forget we were around when she died. But after absorbing mom's power the demon was out of control and he left, that's why he didn't attack us. My guess is that's why the Elders waited some years to try to get to us. So no one would suspect. But dad got close and they rushed everything before dad could find the book. The Elders had tried to do that for years but they couldn't. They had hoped that the book was just a legend but it wasn't and someone knew it."

"So, who is this person?"

"I think you already know. That's why I wanted to find Brittany so bad. She's his youngest child. The person is Ashcroft."

Chris shook. He hoped that wasn't true. But Wyatt didn't seem to be lying and everything made a lot of sense now. That's why Ashcroft had always hidden Christa so carefully. Oh, shit, that was the reason the bastard had used Chris himself to protect the little girl.

He was so angry and so shocked by his idea that he forgot about everything. He forgot about the spell, he forgot that Wyatt could read his feelings and thoughts, and most importantly, he forgot his promise to protect the little girl no matter what.

He only recovered when he realized Wyatt was shaking him, hissing angrily. "What are you thinking? Who the hell is Christa?"

And now everything was lost, Chris thought. His godchild was going to die. And he was the only one to blame for that.

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A/N: In the next one you'll find the time trip. I hope you liked this one! Sorry about the rambling but the suspense ends in the next one. Well, part of the suspense, lol.