The Roswell Coven: Circle of Terra

Chapter Twenty-Four

Natalia made her way to the stage. She announced the winners of the raffle and thanked everyone for coming to the event. Just before exiting she made one more announcement.

"In the spirit of the holidays, I am pleased to announce the engagement of my daughter Abigail Dawn Johnson. Please be sure to wish them congratulations." She looked me dead in the eyes.

Abby frozen as a sea of well-wishers descended upon her and Vince. I could see the panic swelling in her face. Henry saw it as well and directed the band to start playing.

I nudge Foster in the side. "Go ask Abby to dance."

Foster grabbed Abby's hand and gently tugged her free. A look of relief washed over her face as he led the way to the dance floor. One by one the dance floor filled with couples and the group surrounding Vince dissipated.

Now that he was not the all-star football player nobody seemed to worship him. I would have laughed but honestly it is rather sad. If only we could find a way to break the contract and released Abby from being in his debit.

"You know that was no accident." Bailey said. "She purposely made that announcement so Abby would be forced to commit to the engagement." She held out her hand to me.

I accepted Bailey's hand. "I agree it was no accident." Natalia is not planning on leaving Abby alive so why the show? "Do you think Vince is also blackmailing Natalia? It would explain why she keeps changing directions every time he is around."

Bailey nodded her head. "You could be onto something. What could Vince be blackmailing her with though? It would have to be something really big to get her to dance the way she is."

Henry stalked off the dance floor in a hurry. Natalia followed closely behind him and from what I could see neither of them were happy. I was about to suggest to Bailey we follow them when Chloe pulled me off the dance floor.

Oh give me a break already. I am not in the mood to go another round with Chloe. Sage joined us with Bailey a second later. Chloe handed me a handwritten note. She explained the note was delivered a few minutes ago by a masked female.

I moved everyone to the balcony for some privacy as I read the note to them out loud. It was a poem. Someone went to a lot of trouble to create such a dramatic warning. I am betting this has everything to do with Laurel.

In the princess lair I have wandered. How Lavish she is kept with matching drapes and silk sheets. The one forgotten will be remembered. What was hers will be again. From dust the princess will rise to fight. So heed now this sirens call of warning. One by one her warriors will fall. Surrender now or risk losing them all.

"What does that mean?" Chloe asked.

Violet took the note from Bailey's hand. "It means someone has been in Abby's room. They think Abby took something from them and says they will take it back."

She studied the note some more. "The fight is coming. Abby surrenders one or all of us will die. I think we better give this to Henry or Natalia." Violet concluded.

Bailey agreed. "We need to warn them."

All I could think of was Henry's visions. My feet didn't want to move forward. He said it would be soon but I did not think it would be this soon.

We located them in Natalia's office. They were not alone. John Raines the current chief of the Eumac tribe stood next to Henry with a grim look on his face. I showed them the note and explained what Violet had decoded.

They exchanged a brief look of sadness before snapping into action. Henry instructed Bailey and Sage to call in their circle leaders and John was sent to summons the remaining leaders.