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Summery: With her family disappearing one by one, can Laura solve Helena's riddles to save them.

Chapter 1

Laura sat in her office doing paperwork. Lucky burst in the door. Laura took one look at him and knew something was terribly wrong. His shirt was torn and his lip was bleeding.

"Lucky, what happened?" she asked

"Helena made her move! She's got Dad!" Lucky yelled.

"What? How did that happen?"

Dad and I were leaving Kelly's and Helena's men ambushed us. They seemed to ignore me and went after Dad. We tried to fight them off, but there were too many of them."

"Do you have any idea where Helena's men could have taken him?" Laura asked.

"One of them left me this. He said I was supposed to give it to you."

He handed Laura a piece of yellow paper. Laura took it and unfolded it. She read the paper outloud.


"If what you love has been taken from you,
This little riddle will tell you what to do.
To find your mate and bring him home,
Search for a clue where the long dead beasts roam."



"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Lucky.

"It's one of Helena's little games. If we want to find your father, we have to solve the riddle."

Lucky took the paper back from her. He read it again to himself.

"This doesn't make any sense. What does 'where the long dead beasts roam' mean? This is just gibberish."

"No, it means something. We just have to figure out what," Laura said.

The door flew open and Elton rushed in. He had an envelope in his hand.

"Oh Mrs Spencer," he cried. "I just came back from lunch. I had ,the most wonderful salad it had..."

"Elton did you want to see me about something or did you just want to tell me about your lunch, because I'm kind of busy here," interrupted Laura.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I got carried away."

Laura laughed, because she knew that Elton always gets carried away.

"Go ahead Elton. What did you need to see me about?"

"When I got back from lunch this envelope was laying on my desk. There is no postmark or return address on it at all. It just has your name on it."

Laura took the envelope and looked at it. Elton was right, it was blank except for her name. She opened it. There was another piece of yellow paper inside. She read it out loud to Elton and Lucky.


"The longer you take, the more you lose,"
So be sure to study all your clues.
The stakes will go up at the end of each day,
Another lost treasure will be the price you will pay"



Elton looked at Laura. "Oh are we reciting poems. I know a good one. When I saw the palace..."

"Elton shut up!" Laura snapped. "This is not a game. Helena has Luke and these riddles are the only clue to find him. Come on Lucky, lets go."

They ran out of the office leaving Elton standing with his mouth open in amazement.