Born to be in charge

Born to be in charge
In the morning Arina came out without wearing the silver ring and lied to me that it was too tight around her finger. Her scrawny wrinkled fingers were also another weird thing, she's no longer young but still she's also not very old. Her fingers don't match her age. Last night the same thing happened, she wasn't wearing the ring. This must mean that she sleeps without protecting herself from the vampires, deliberately at that.

I don't know why I didn't think that a bitter woman like her couldn't be the one working for vampires because I'm actually not surprised that it's her. The very next day after we return I see her dropping her ring twice. It must mean that she has already told the vampires about my contributions this time, they must already know about the new potions I made this time. She was also probably sneaking towards the room I use to make potions to check what and how many potions I made today or to maybe steal the new potions. Unfortunately for her I was still awake and had yet to go upstairs plus the potion I managed to make today was only the anti-poison potion. I'm still waiting for ingredients to start with the important potions.

Now the question is was she always working for the vampires or has she just recently betrayed the werewolves because of her hate towards me. I remember that when I got here she was a very devoted person towards the werewolves especially the mighty leader of the silver pack. The possibility of her faking it is very low, she is a very good actor if she was pretending all this time.

Ariana's jealousy actually led her that far, a decision taking her to a place of no return for sure. Or maybe that just doesn't matter much to her because she is certain that no one will catch her . No one could ever think it's her because of how she invested her entire life's knowledge to the pack. Maybe all this and her lies would've been ignored if she were in charge, maybe she also wouldn't be this nervous if I hadn't taken her dumb position.

She used to have pride and confidence in herself but right now she lost it. I only see concentrated hate and I'm not gonna sit back and watch as it grows to something that could lead me to my own death.

"Are you okay Era?" Olivia's cute voice pulled me back to reality. I have not yet touched my food so it's no surprise to see that she hasn't touched hers. I don't know why she likes to wait for me. I could also see that Arina was staring at me, intently, wariness written all over her face. I can't afford to alarm her and it infuriates that I'm having a hard time concentrating and eating because of her. "I'm okay, I'm just tired that's all" it's like Arina was just waiting for me to say that as she relaxed to her usual self and looked at me with disdain shining in her eyes. " That's what happens when you sleep very late, some people need to understand not that everyone was born to be in charge" I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her pathetic self. In my eyes she's already a dead person, done with the nonsense she came for in this world because I am certain that a certain werewolf will not be merciful towards her. She is also a lesson that I cannot trust anyone living in this house.

Ignoring her wouldn't be something I usually do except when I'm busy so I had to answer to not raise suspicion "you are right and that's the very same reason why you're not in charge today" Roseanne and Olivia immediately choked on their food after I said that to her. Her scar face quickly turned red and seeing that she was going to say something I raised my hand to silence her "I suggest you not only stop bothering me while I'm having my breakfast but also start treating me with respect. You don't want me to go to your alpha and report your rotten attitude". This was actually the first time I used the authority of this position and hopefully the last time too. That managed to shut her up and I resumed eating my breaking. She can be such a headache for no god damn reason at all but what I surely know is thanks to her being overtaken by jealousy to the extent of betraying the pack this is her last day in this house...

Thankfully the ingredients arrived today because it would've been boring to just sit around and do nothing. 'yes I've actually grown to love my job here'. "Again!" Zik's shocked face was understandable after telling him that I want them to go look for more ingredients. "Are these not enough?", "I'm not sure but they are a lot. It's just that I hate having to always wait for you guys before working. It's good to always have ingredients here so that they don't run out" realization settled on his face but then he looked at me weirdly. "I get what you are saying but you can't expect werewolves to go look for ingredients for you everyday" , "not for me, for you and I know but maybe try to do it weekly or maybe every two weeks. Especially with the monsters ruining nature and all its very important to collect as many as we can"...

His long face made me realize that he has a bit of laziness which shocked me a bit but it didn't matter. I was just happy that he was going to talk to Vale about it. I hope he approves it cause seeing that lake guardian made me realize that the future is super uncertain. In fact I realized that way back in the way I was not purposely freed from that evil queen's clutches.

"Wait why do you want Vale to come here and why do you want him specifically in the afternoon?" Zik couldn't help but ask. "You know, Vale has said and made reckless decisions but y'all don't care to ask. Anyway it's for a very important reason, one that he failed to solve" he got even more confused and it annoyed me. " Just go and tell him. Telling you the reason I want him here in the afternoon will do more harm than good!". I had to shout for him to just agree to what I tell him, he sure can be such a child sometimes. He sighed like a retiring soul and said "well it sounds serious so I'll go tell him but I'll be here too", yes like a nosy person.

The ingredients were here so there were no reasons to wait, I began to make the potions. I planned to first make enough anti-poison potions and then I'll follow with the mid-quality healing potions, invisibility potions, low quality healing potions and finally the energy potions. I was so immersed in potion making that I didn't care to have lunch. I hope Olivia stops whatever nonsense of not eating when I haven't because it will be like this for the entire month. No one disturbed me, no one ever did before except for Arina in the first days I got here. Although I'd ignore Zik it didn't change that he'd be here watching my every move so having him away made me work better.

Time flies when you're not paying attention to it, soon it was afternoon and I had decided that I had done enough for today.