Chapter 30: CHAPTER THIRTY

It's been a few days since Sarah became a part of the Colven pack house. A few days of hell for her that she had managed to suppress her anger and her mouth so that Adam wouldn't regret ever giving her the chance to prove herself or even why he had fought for her stay. It was taking Sarah just a little hope to stay sane and rational with the people Adam called family.

She watched in awareness as the wolf woman she had fought with back at Adam's house walked towards her with a basket in hand that Sarah could see was filled to the brim with dirty laundry. Sarah could tell from her walking gait that the other woman was in trouble. When she got to where Sarah was, she dumped the basket of clothes rudely on the floor. When Sarah asked her why she dumped the basket on the floor, Alisha told her that she needed Sarah to wash the clothes.

Sarah humped and tried to walk away from the other woman but Alisha grabbed her back by her dress. She turned back in shock and saw as Alisha looked at her with a dare in her eyes that looked like she wanted to see what Sarah would do. With the last of her control and patience, Sarah dragged her clothes out of the other woman's hand and walked away before she would do anything she would regret later.

If it weren't for Adam, Sarah would have made both mother and daughter wish they never knew what Sarah was like in their entire existence because the threat they were putting her to be bad. No, not bad, it was awful. They always tried to get her to clean the house, mop the floors, or even wash their clothes like Alisha had tried to make her do earlier. She nodded her head while thinking about how callous they had been.

It even got to a point that Sarah had no respect in the hands of the maids at the pack house because both mother and daughter had given them instructions they should regard her as a low servant. Sarah had drawn the lines at that though. If she couldn't punish Adam's family because they were his family, she could easily punish the rude servants since they had no relationship with her man and she has indeed taught them lessons they would never be able to forget in their life span.

The first servant that had tried to lord over her, Sarah had slapped her immediately. When the servant had gone over to report the matter to Adam's mother, Sarah had told them both that the maid was lucky to be alive because she was in a good mood. Sarah had warned Adam's mother sternly that next time such a thing happened, the woman should be ready to bury such a maid or feed her dead body to the wild animals.

Had that deterred the woman from repeating such a thing? No, it hadn't since another servant had acted stupidly toward Sarah again barely only three days after her initial warning. Sarah hadn't let the stupid maid finish her rehearsal action before she slapped her across the face and mind-control her to leave the room and go out in the rain to kneel in the rain until four hours later.

Of course, Alisha had turned indignant about what she had done since the other woman knew about Sarah's mind-controlling power. Sarah had told her that if she hated what she had done, she could shift into a wolf and go live among the wild animals. Alisha had reported her to Adam and the Alpha had told his sister that they should keep the tests to something realistic instead of turning his mate into something to be ridiculed of. The two maids had gotten punished by their Alpha too and Sarah had busted in joy.

"Hey, I told you to wash those clothes. How dare you even leave when I was still talking to you?"

Sarah heard a voice say behind her and she turned around. She saw Alisha standing there and nearly groaned. The moon goddess knew that Sarah wasn't ready to make any commotion so late in the evening but she would if Alisha dared to give her a hard time. As she was already, she was already of both her and her mother. So she wasn't sure she wouldn't yank her head off her head if the wolf woman dared mess with her.

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Alisha asked again.

She hated the woman her brother had chosen to be his Luna. First, the vampire had been rude to Alisha and she had voiced her control to her brother that the vampire would make a bad Luna but her brother hadn't listened to her one single bit. Then Alisha had learned that her brother had been disrespectful to their mother and it was all because of the vixen who had made herself a mate to her brother.

When she had heard that they could do whatever they wanted to the vampire as tests, she had been very happy to hear those words. She knew that her days of seeking revenge from the woman about how she had treated her like a puppy whose mind can easily be controlled. Now, it was Alisha's turn to make the vampire feel like a puppy and Alisha would make sure she exploit every opportunity she got to do wicked things to the woman.

"Did you?" Sarah asked in a sarcastic voice while she cocked her brows at Adam's sibling.

"Can you afford not to do as I said? I can get you kicked outta here before half of your time's up," Alisha replied to her in a cynical voice.

Sarah scoffed at the words the wolf woman had just finished uttering and she wondered if Adam's sister was normal or if she needed to see a doctor.

"Why don't you get in line while your mother is still trying her luck to separate me from her son?" Sarah asked with an innocent look but she knew that the words would hurt Alisha and that was what she wanted right at that moment. Although she wasn't wrong about the whole thing she had pointed out to the younger woman.

"If you think that you would have my man while I am here, stop daydreaming because you never would be able to do that when I am still alive," Xana said from the doorway.

"Then, how about I do it when you are dead? That means that you'll have to die soon though," Sarah said with sarcasm.

When Xana turned red with anger, Sarah smiled broadly at her. Had she complained about how Adam's family had been so harsh with her? Xana was worse than the two other women combined. She would threaten Sarah with every little thing she does when they are alone but when there are people around, the woman would act like an innocent that couldn't do anything at all.

To crown it all, the woman made Sarah feel inferior to her with her beautiful looks and her high sense of fashion. Once, Sarah had gotten so jealous of the dress Xana wore that she had gone ahead and wore a dress too, only for Xana to have corrected her publicly that the dress wasn't meant to be worn during the night. Her tone had claimed to be calm but was laced with insults, although Sarah hadn't said a word about it at all.

Sarah was already tired of the two women and she yawned to show the two women in front of her that she wasn't in the mood for their dirty acts. She shooed them away with her hands but none of them bulged. She was tired of everything that they were making her face.

"If you don't get lost, I'll make you two regret staying here," Sarah warned them.

"And what are you going to do if we don't?" Alisha asked.

"Well, I've had enough," Sarah screamed at them.

She shook her head and projected her thoughts into her mind. When she felt the power reverberating through her body, she looked at the two women. She might not be able to possess Adam's sister but she could try with the other woman.

Slap yourselves and don't stop till I say so, Sarah commanded them.

Like she had thought, Alisha looked at her with fury in her eyes but Xana on the other hand began to slap herself. Sarah laughed as she saw Alisha trying to stop the redhead but she couldn't. When Alisha saw that she couldn't stop Xana, she went away. Sarah got amused and thought about adding more to the redhead punishment.

Start calling yourself a fool as you slap yourself, Sarah added to the woman.

Xana continued to slap herself and kept shouting that she was a fool. Sarah let out a devilish laugh and sat on the bed. Pretty soon, Alisha returned with Adam on her tail and Sarah groaned. Now that Adam was involved, he would make sure that Sarah stopped punishing the other woman. When Adam stopped in front of her and looked at her in astonishment, she shrugged. Adam looked back at Xana in horror and then turned back to Sarah.

"Sarah, make her stop," Adam commanded, knowing that there was nothing he could do unless Sarah made her stop.

"No, I won't," Sarah told him. She pointed to Xana and Alisha simultaneously. "They threatened me first."

Adam moved to her and began to massage her shoulders to calm her down. All the while, Xana kept slapping and cursing herself while Alisha kept trying to make her stop. When Adam saw that she was a bit calmer, he tried again.

"Sarah, please. You can't do this when I barely got my mother to let you stay," Adam told her in a whisper.

Sarah sighed when she saw the pleading eyes that Adam looked at her. She calmed down completely and gave in to his request.

You are okay now. Calm down, don't beat yourself or curse yourself again, Sarah mind-controlled Xana again.

The moment the redhead's eyes cleared. She winced as she felt her cheek and Sarah nearly laughed at how red the cheek had gotten. At first, Xana was confused about the whole thing and how she had gotten injured but the moment she could comprehend what had happened, her eyes flashed fire at Sarah. Sarah held her cheek high in dare to the redhead.

"Do your worst," Sarah told her.

The redhead woman got fully into the room and tried to hold Sarah. Sarah smiled cynically at her.

"Do you want your other cheek to be redder than the first?" Sarah asked in a mocking tone.

Adam looked at Sarah and he shook his head at her in disappointment. "Sarah, stop. I've had enough of this fight," he commanded.

"They started it. What do you want me to do? Kill myself for them?" Sarah shouted at him and ran out of the room.

"Everyone, dispense," Adam commanded the remaining two women. "Alisha, get me some wine and bring it to my room, will you?" He told his sister when they were leaving.

Xana was angry. Her right cheek burned like it was on fire and it hurt badly. More than her cheek though, her heart hurts from the humiliation she felt from how Sarah had treated her. Even more, it hurt when Adam had stylishly supported the woman when he had felt that Xana had wanted to retaliate. If not for him, Xana would have shed her humility act and showed the vixen how vicious she truly was.

"Do you need that treated?" Alisha asked her. They were at the minibar to get the drink.

"I'm good," Xana replied to her.

"Okay, I better get the drink to Adam then," Alisha told Xana.

Xana thought about that and thought that it wasn't good if Adam went after the vampire. Through the three days, she had been monitoring Adam and the vampire, Xana had seen how affectionate the Alpha was toward the woman and she was beginning to feel insecure about herself. Her mind quickly calculated how she could gain more ground with the man she loved. She thought of an idea and smiled.

"Let me get the wine to Adam, will you?" she asked Alisha.

Alisha smiled in understanding and handed the wine over to Xana. "There you go."

Xana smiled her thanks and went away with the wine. When she got to Adam's room, she met him trying to get out but he stopped when he saw her. She handed over the wine in her hands to him with a smile. Through the short distance it took her to get to Adam's room, she had spiked the wine with a very large dose that would weaken him in minutes even with his Alpha power.

"Why did you bring the wine instead of Lisha?" Adam asked, looking at the wine.

"I just wanted to express my gratitude for helping me out," Xana said, a little shy.

"Okay," Adam replied and drank the full cup of the wine.

"Okay. I'll just leave then," she told him and walked away. But she didn't leave, she waited around for the drug in the wine to take effect.

Adam moved to walk out of the room to look for Sarah. After she had walked away from him, Adam had felt a little guilty about how he had spoken to her. But it was necessary if he wanted to stop the impending war that had been brewing through the two women. He felt dizzy and fell back into the bed. Before he could think about anything, he slept off.

Xana made herself visible after she heard Adam thud on his bed. She walked into the room with a smile and deliberated on what to do now that she had Adam in her reach. She was still lost in confusion when she heard Sarah asking a guard if Adam was in. An idea popped into her brain and she smiled as she began to undress. When she was done, she unbuttoned Adam's shirt too in a hurry. She quickly laid down on the bed beside Adam and wrapped his arm around her in an embrace and waited.

Sarah smiled at the guard that had confirmed to her that Adam was home before she went to his room. When she had rushed away from him, she had thought about how he was fighting his family every step of the way because of her. Now, she was here to apologize to him.

She met the door ajar and she looked inside. She was shocked when she saw the redhead and Adam in an embrace. Without a thought, she turned back and ran away from the place. She didn't go to her room, she didn't go anywhere, and she just simply ran into the deep of the night, far away from the man who had done nothing but lies to her.

Xana got up from Adam's embrace, buttoned his shirt back, and stood up from the bed. She picked up her dress and wore it back. She looked at Adam with a broad smile.

"Mission accomplished. Now, I can have you to myself," Xana said to Adam's sleeping figure and walked out of the room, feeling very happy.