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so quickly that she began to feel dizzy.
    “Please help us, Abigail. All you need to do
is touch the Blood Key,” the voice cried out with urgency.
    Abigail’s mind spun wildly as she reached
out and touched the red stone, and in a flash, she was gone.

Chapter 4
    Melissa, Cassy, and Aaron stood looking up
at the large mansion with its stone steps leading up to the large
wrap-around porch.
    “Wow, great-grandmother has a huge house,”
Melissa said.
    “Yeah, it’s nice, but check out the ocean.
It goes on forever,” Cassy smiled as she pointed out over the
water.
    “This is going to be so cool,” Aaron said as
he looked around the grounds.
    “Come children, your great-grandmother is
waiting for you,” Mr. Saunders said as he walked up the stone
steps.
    The children all looked at each other then
turned and followed Mr. Saunders, each wondering what their time
here would bring.
    Once inside, the children were amazed how it looked like the museum they went
to on their school field trip. There were paintings on the walls,
and other fancy things sitting around the large entryway.
    “Follow me.” Mr. Saunders walked toward a
large wooden door on the right side of the entryway. He reached for
the brass doorknob and then opened the door.
    “She’s waiting for you inside,” Mr. Saunders
stepped aside, allowing the children to pass.
    The children entered the large room, each
wondering what was about to happen. The beautifully decorated room
took Cassy’s breath away. There was a large grandfather’s clock
sitting in the corner and a painting of a man above the large stone
fireplace. Cassy assumed the man in the painting was someone of importance.
    Next, the children saw a white sofa with
carved wooden legs, and two matching chairs. Cassy was surprised to
see an elegant older woman sitting
in one of the chairs.
    “Come closer so I may see you better,” she
said in a gentle tone.
    The children slowly walked toward her. Once
they stood in front of her, she smiled, which helped to ease their
nerves.
    “Please, sit on the sofa, so we may get to
know each other better. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, and
you’ve all grown so much.”
    The children each took their place on the sofa and sat quietly, waiting to
see what would happen next.
    “Are you thirsty?”
    “Yes, and I’m hungry too,” Aaron spoke up
with enthusiasm.
    “Oh my, well we need to get you something to
eat then. Are you ladies hungry as well?”
    Both girls nodded their heads.
    “Great-grandmother?” Cassy began to ask then
she changed her mind.
    “ Yes, my dear, but
you don’t need to refer to me as great-grandmother, you may call me
by my name if you wish.” She then smiled when she saw the surprised
looks appear on their faces. “You may call me Abigail. Here
let me have the kitchen staff make us all a snack.”
    Abigail reached down and pushed a button on
the small box on the table next to her chair. She then told the
cook to prepare a snack fit for two lovely princesses and a
handsome prince.
    “If we are princesses and a prince then that
makes you our Queen. I think we should call you Queen Abigail.”
Melissa loved the idea of being royalty, and she had to admit that
Abigail had the elegance of a Queen in the way she spoke and her
mannerisms. Yes, the title of Queen Abigail suited her
perfectly.
    Cassy and Aaron agreed, and from that moment on,
they all knew this visit was going to be special.

    Once they had all finished their snack, the
children asked for a tour of the house. Abigail was thrilled to
have them there, as the house had seemed so empty the last few
years after the death of her husband. They had lived many happy
years on the large estate, but after several months of failing
health, he had died and left Abigail alone.
    Their son, who was Donna’s father, had traveled
the world for the family business. Unfortunately, on one of the
trips when he had taken her mother along, they both had died in a
tragic boating