Chapter 10
"You look beautiful Britt." Sarah said when I walked out of the bathroom late the next night.
"Thanks so do you." I said. I knew that both of us felt weird going to the dance tonight, but Caleb was convinced that we would be safer there surrounded by a bunch of people than we would sitting somewhere just waiting for Chase to attack us.
So here we were getting ready for the big dance. Sarah had put her hair up into a loose bun and had added a simple ribbon around her neck. I was still wearing my mother's ring around my neck and I had curled my long hair and then pinned half of it up while I left the rest of it to hang down my shoulders. After we both had finished our makeup we headed down stairs to join the guys. As we neared the living room I could hear Caleb's mom talking to them. She was scolding Caleb about telling Sarah there secret, but I knew that she was just lashing out because she was scared.
Caleb's mom had barely survived what had happened to his dad, and the fear of losing her son mixed with her current drinking problem was just too much for her. I decided that it would probably be better if we entered the room now before she could really start laying in on him. So I looked at Sarah and squeezed her had, both of us taking deep breaths before rounding the corner and walking into the room.
The second Caleb and Reid saw us they were both by our sides. Tyler was sitting on the back of the couch while Mrs. Danvers was standing by the fireplace.
"You look lovely my dears" she said before going back to her glass of scotch. Caleb turned to Reid and Tyler.
"I want you guys to take Sarah and Brittany to the dance." Caleb said looking at Reid first then at Ty. The both nodded their heads and we all turned to leave.
As we neared Tyler's Hummer Caleb pulled Sarah off to the one side and Reid pulled me off to the other. He wrapped his arms around me in a tight hug and then pressed his lips to mine in a quick kiss. Then he did something that I didn't quite understand, he reached out and grabbed my mom's ring from around my neck. He held the small diamond ring in his hand for a few seconds and the closed his hand around it. I looked up at his face and saw his eyes flash black and then after a few seconds back to their original shade of blue.
"What was that?" I asked not understanding what he had just done. He slowly reached around and unhooked the chain that the ring had been on, slipping the ring off the chain he took my left hand and placed it on my ring finger.
"I put a spell on your mothers ring." He said simply, kissing my hand where he had placed it.
"What kind of spell?" I asked not understanding.
"A type of location spell, if something happens tonight and we get separated. This ring will let me know if you are ok, and then help me find you." He said looking into my eyes. I couldn't speak, I knew that if I did I would lose it so instead I just pressed my lips to his and then pulled him to me again. We pulled apart after that and then we walked over to the waiting Hummer. Reid sat in the front seat with Ty and I sat in the back seat with Sarah. We watched as Caleb got into his car and drove away. Then we left heading in the opposite direction of Putnam Barn.
When we got to the school the dance was already in full swing. Reid and Tyler were on red alert the entire time, while I never left Sarah's side.
We were standing outside when Reid's phone rang. I recognized the ring tone, it was Caleb. From the bits and pieces of the conversation I was getting Chase hadn't showed yet and Caleb was on his way here. Sarah and I were standing a few feet behind the guys, and they were facing away from us. So they didn't see it when someone came up behind me and Sarah.
A hand covered both of our moths so we couldn't scream.
"You both look beautiful tonight" Chases ice cold voice whispered in our ears. The last thing I saw before everything went black was Reid starting to turn around, his phone in his outstretched hand.
