Virginia's Route 666

By Samantha Rae

High school seniors Bleu Cassius and Baylee-Roe Vaugh were both born on the same day and time right down to the second, October 31st, Halloween. They are discovering first loves and experiencing the hatred of others leads to Baylee-Roe's reputation to come into question.The Legend of Revenge Plantation is located in Shadow Oaks, Virginia on the famed Route 666. It's the perfect setting for a bonfire and ghost stories for the senior class on All Hallow's Eve.What happens when Bleu and Baylee-Roe seek revenge on the people who set out to ruin their reputation? Could their birthday play a part in their revenge? Could the ghost of Revenge Planation play an unexpected part or will the stories of the evening be the cause of the terror that they experience? So many questions to be answered on Virginia's Route 666

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fiery Vision Publishing
• Release date: Sep 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9798201337063

Samantha Rae

Samantha Rae completed writing her first novel on her 16th birthday. New Beginning is her first novel in the Twiddle series. She grew up in Clifford Ontario. When not in school or writing her novels, she finds herself reading, drawing, and playing her guitar. Follow the Twiddle Series on facebook for all up-to-date information.

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Virginia’s Route 666

A Statesmen Novella

By International Bestselling Author

Samantha Rae

Dedication

To Jade Clingenpeel, Michael Marra and Shylah Montague: Thank you for all the adventures and road trips that we have been on...you guys made a tough time so much easier...

Shylah Montague-Follow your dreams..I’m going to miss our late night coloring and talks..

Prologue

The sign says Welcome to Shadow Oaks, Virginia, it should say Welcome to Revenge. Shadow Oaks is a popular destination for people who enjoyed checking out rumors of ghosts and hauntings. The Venge's plantation was located on an old road that became known as Route 666. The name was given to the road sometime in the 1940’s. The kids growing up in the area had nicknamed it Route 666 because of the mysterious disappearances of people on Halloween night.

The Venge’s Plantation was the most successful plantation during the Civil War. Having over 3,000 acres, it successfully grew tobacco and cotton. The house was built in 1806 by the Venge family. They came from England, bringing mahogany and marble to be found throughout the mainly brick built home. The property had several outbuildings that were used as slave quarters, ice houses, stables, and other outbuildings used for the farming of tobacco and cotton. The home was known for the many glamorous parties, picnics, and community parties.

It was during the 1860’s, at the height of the southern uprising about owning slaves and the time of the underground railroad, that Robert and Beth Venge lived on the plantation. Beth married Robert because of her fantasy notion of love; he married her for her beauty and bragging rights. Robert became a cruel man, verbally and physically abusive to his wife and the many slaves that worked on the plantation. Beth feared her husband.

She had a secret that she had kept, and she was terrified that he would discover it. Beth had been raised by her grandparents; her parents died when she was very young. Beth’s mother, Rose Carter, was raised on a small farm. They had many freed slaves working for them and they were considered part of the family. Beth harbored a secret that only her parents and grandparents knew, and they all were deceased. If anyone found out, she would be cast out of her home, community, and possibly worse. Beth's mother, Rose Carter, fell in love with a former slave that worked on her family’s farm. His name was John. Rose’s grandparents, Ethan and Beatrice, loved John and accepted the relationship, but at the same time were fearful. Luckily their farm was located far from town, so the townspeople rarely visited. Beth was born, she looked so much like her mother, soft pale skin, pale blue eyes, and an amazing head of jet-black hair. John was thankful that she didn’t look like a mulatto, a person that showed that she was born from racially different parents. Beth’s grandparents adored her, and Beth never felt the bigotry of the South.

One day, her grandparents took her to the waterfalls behind their house for a swim and a picnic. Rose’s parents were left behind. As they were cleaning up to go back to the house, they could hear screaming coming from the farm. Beth’s grandfather hid her and her grandmother in a cave behind the waterfall. It seemed her grandfather was gone for hours. When he finally came back, he had the horses and saddlebags full of food. That’s the day her life changed forever, her parents had been murdered and she had to leave the only home she ever knew.

Beth’s grandparents raised her; they had hidden the secret of her heritage. Beth’s grandparents died when she was in her late teens and she began teaching in a small community to get by. That’s when she met Robert Venge, and she fell in love quickly. She never really knew she was lonely and wanted to have a family.  They had a whirlwind romance; Beth was blinded by love and the idea of the perfect life. It was only after they were married that she found out what a cruel and unforgiving man he was. Beth grew angry about the way that Robert treated the slaves, as if they weren't human. The day she watched him laugh as he tortured an African American father in front of his son, she knew that she needed to do something. With the help of the slaves living on the plantation, she became involved in the Underground Railroad. She used the plantation's 3,000 acres as a safe path passage to the creek. Robert became suspicious of her comings and goings. He asked her multiple times what she was doing, but Beth refused to answer, even after multiple beatings. Robert decided to turn his friends on her, and she went through violence that no one woman should have to endure. She still didn’t tell him anything. When she wouldn’t break, he beat her to death. Robert hid her body on the plantation and paid the doctor off to tell the community that she had suffered a riding accident and died. The only person who knew what happened was a slave woman, Poppy. She loved Beth