Arabelle was going to quiet down the humans, but Rowan was on top of it. In fact it seemed like he was going to try and settle this whole thing on his own. The two of them locked eyes and Belle kept her feet planted on the ground with no intention of moving. Her gaze then shifted over to Evanora, Saruman, and the 3 others standing across the way. Ways to get out of this situation were running through her mind. Belle didn’t want to fight. The whole point of leaving the farmhouse early was to avoid this exact situation. To discuss terms of surrender without the threat of the human safety. But that plan backfired. They already had one in hand. Poor Raelyn was at their mercy and Belle didn’t even know how to free her without making everything worse. Roman was trying to bargain. Her, the book, and himself for the safety of the humans. Saruman did not like that idea. In fact, he was clearly annoyed that Rowan made those demands, threatened him, and was now in some kind of showdown.
Evanora took a couple steps forward and that’s when Arabelle took a few as well. ”Your chance for surrender was over when you left the coven. And your chance for mercy was over when you used the book.” Begging for forgiveness clearly wasn’t going to work. For some reason, Belle saw this going much smoother. She was expecting to meet the coven far away from this place and just die. It was easier and did not require fighting. But of course, things have never exactly gone the way she expected. Raelyn was having a hard time even reading the situation, but she knew it was bad. Something terrible was going to happen and she was powerless to do anything about it. She tugged some more, trying to pull away from the warlock, Gaian, that had a hold of her. But she didn’t budge and he gripped tighter. ”..oww..” she whined and more tears coming down her cheeks. ”Please, Evanora. We will go with you quietly and face whatever punishment you decide.” Saruman rolled his eyes.
”You both have broken all of the coven sacred rules. Your punishment is death. And this is judgement day.” Evanora said turning her back on all of them and walking farther out into the field a relatively safe distance away. She doesn’t get her hands dirty. ”Kill them. All of them. And you…” she said pointing to Cullen, another warlock she had with her. ”...find the book.” He immediately teleported into the house, rummaging around looking for the book that had hidden itself.
Raelyn’s eyes grew wide. This was it. She was going to lose everyone and everything in the blink of an eye. Gaian picked her up off the ground and she began kicking. ”N-no! Please no! D-don’t..” Pleading was pointless, but it was all she could think to do. In Gaian’s free hand, he was forming an energy ball that would have been strong enough to take her out. Benjamin wasn’t even thinking. He was reacting. He took off running in her direction. Belle eyes widened. ”Ben don’t!” Belle started after him, but the last witch, Mave, held up an electric force field and Belle crashed into at full force, flying backwards and falling hard onto the ground.
Benjamin crashed into Gaian full force and he ended up dropping Raelyn onto the ground. But without hesitation, he shoved the energy ball into Ben. It sent the human across the field and he crashed into his car. Broken glass fell around him as he collapsed to the ground, unmoving. Rae’s eyes widened. ”Ben!” Raelyn stood up and tried to run over to him, but Saruman trapped her in a force field, suspending her into the air. ”You. Don’t move.” Was all he said, before locking eyes with Roman. ”You want her. You have to get her.” He teased, ready for a fight.