Angelique's Revenge, Part 19
Date: 3/5/98
From: AngeliqueBouchard

Angelique Bouchard sauntered through the front door of Collinwood. It was early, but Chris was also awake and ready for the day. "Why Angelique you're up early," he commented, mistaking her for Barnabas' wife.

"I couldn't resist taking a walk on such a beautiful day," she answered.

Chris smiled at hearing the melodious quality to her voice. "Is Barnabas up yet?"

"Not when I left. I'm going up to see him now," Angelique replied, gloating to herself over the power she possessed to so easily bewitch Chris.

As Angelique ascended the stairs Roxanne opened the drawing room doors. Upon seeing Angelique she marveled, "That was Angelique you were just talking with?"

"Yes. Why?" Chris responded with a puzzled look on his face.

"Ohh, no reason," Roxanne said. She distinctly sensed an evil presence, but could not tell Chris of what she felt. It was hard enough for him to accept that she was attacked by a vampire. Roxanne had never been this aware of having psychic powers before. She spoke to Jeb about it since he was much more open to the supernatural than Chris. Whether it was not being able to rely on her other senses the days she was bedridden from the weakness of her lack of blood or the actual vampire bite itself, they were not certain, but one thing was sure, Roxanne was much more adept at understanding her psychic impressions since that fateful night.

Angelique Bouchard smiled to herself as she walked through Collinwood, recalling her success in the early morning hours. Her first order of business was to visit Jeb Hawkes. She quietly slipped into his house and entered his bedroom. He was startled awake when she uttered his name. "Mrs. Collins? What are you doing here?"

"An understandable mistake, Mr. Hawkes, but I am not Mrs. Collins. At least not yet. You may call me 'Angelique'."

His eyes grew wide at the realization of what was happening. "You, you're not human... are you?"

"Ahh, your psychic powers have given you great insight, but that needs to end right now. I won't allow you to interfere in my plans anymore. Now sleep again and when you wake you will see things are quite different, but you will not remember this encounter. Now I command you to sleep."

Jeb obediently fell back to sleep and Angelique performed her spell. She left with his watch for she needed a personal item so her spell would not be broken.

"He'll never know what happened," Angelique thought as she arrived at Barnabas and Angelique's bedroom and turned the knob.

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Jeb Hawkes, disheveled and looking distraught, knocked on the Stokes door. Julia answered. "Why Jeb, you're up early." She narrowed her eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Julia, this is going to sound unbelievable, but I think I've lost all my psychic powers!"

TO BE CONTINUED