Chapter 39: CHAPTER THIRTY NINE

The Colven Pack.

Sarah was up her feet again, she had recovered fully, she no longer had the neck girdle fixed to her neck, but she still felt some pains on her lower abdomen, where the first arrow was aimed. She sat in her room relieved to finally be in her room, the sick room drained her.

Each time the nurses came to check on her while she laid there, she wondered how it felt to be totally up on her feet again, hale and hearty. The memories of the attack, the pangs, the threats and the coldness of everything that happened in the space of weeks was still fresh in her memory. For her, it was just time to regain her strength again, she would not leave Adam. Not now, not ever.

She loved him, only she couldn’t tell him how much and she was jealous of Xana. Xana had the beautiful strength of a woman, a beautiful wolf at that, she hated that Alicia wanted the best for her son but she was ready to fight for Adam as long as she remained in the mansion. She decided she was going to prove herself worthy and helpful. She’d do the things she had never done. 

It was at that moment she decided she was going to cook for him. It made sense to cook for him: but he had servants who would do that, she thought. But on a different note, cooking for him would make him happy to see that she has fully recovered. 

She’d do anything to ensure that Adam remained by her side. She has never felt so attached to someone like she did with Adam. She wanted to fully open her heart to him but his family was making things difficult. Alisha.

Sarah knew Alisha despised her, coming into her room that day to throw those hurtful words to her on her sick bed was totally inhuman. She knew hate was hate. Alicia didn’t go back on her words nor did Alisha. “

“Family bonds” she thought while arranging the edge of her hair to fall on her shoulders. It was a good thing her hair was exactly the way she liked it. She was going to use the meal to say “thank you” to Adam and maybe tell him how she cared for him. She knew she’d perform the former but the latter was going to be difficult. 

He had cursed at the shooter, screaming and shouting that the person should have been bold enough to aim at him. He was always by her side planting soft kisses she hoped would last forever. 

She wore a simple dress to the kitchen. It would be time for brunch soon. She was going to learn how to make her favorite meal today. She was greeted by the servants in the kitchen, they were super excited to see her up on her feet. She tells them she wanted to learn how to make Adam’s favorite meal and as well make it. 

“Uhm, I want to learn from you all while you do your thing then do mine or allow me complete the rest of the cooking,” she pleaded 

“Sorry, ma’am, you are not allowed to be in here with us. It’s our duty to made meals for the household,” the older chef responded.

“Please, just this once,” she pleaded with them. They finally allowed her to settle in with them but they kept their eyes on the door so Adam would not find her in the kitchen. As she studied the movement of their hands,

They taught her how to make roasted beef, it was Adam’s favorite. She had heard him telling the tales of the sweetness of the meal to Ian so she thought about making him have something to be happy about. She tried it afterwards after several attempts to teach her, as she gathered the items on the counter in the kitchen so the servants could send them to Adam. Xana walked in on her, she eyed her thoroughly, almost displaying her inner socket. 

Xana hated the fact that Sarah was doing everything possible to win Adam over. Her spy servant had sent her notice of Sarah’s presence in the kitchen. Immediately, she heard the news, she was furious, angry that Sarah had healed fast and even more bitter that she was going to serve Adam his favorite. 

She was not going to let that happen, not if she was still alive, Sarah would never win. She cast an evil glare that could send Sarah six feet in seconds, muttered something under her breath and stepped out to the open hallway. Entering her room, she knew she needed to do something, suddenly she paced round the room, grabbed the bonnet that hung on the mannequin, changed into a more simple dress and headed to the kitchen.

Xana entered the kitchen and ordered the maid to explain in detail the secret to making roasted beef. In a bid to attend to her biddings, they explained to them and ordered them out so she could take over the space. As she prepared the meal, she knew she would have to hatch her plans soon seeing that Sarah was up on her feet. 

While Xana prepared her food, she thought of poisoning Sarah, the thought of it came but she was able to rage through the thought of it, as she settled to have her ideas to good use, she thought of adding a little content of poison into the food but changed her mind. Since she wanted her completely out of the way it would be best if she just used the whole content for her and helped her get into hell faster, she thought. Sarah was making roasted beef, it was Adam’s favorite. Sarah had already stepped out to serve Adam his meal, Xana used the opportunity to sprinkle all the quantity of the poison into Sarah’s meal.

As she did it, she thought about reclaiming her position as queen and wife of Adam but she wanted to see her die terribly, as the thought of it came by, there was nothing she could do to help her while she died.

The rest of the maids were not in sight so she poured everything, dusted her hands and pretended like nothing ever happened, she continued stirring her meal. As Sarah entered the kitchen, she followed her eyes to her silently watching and hoping she could at least taste the food in her presence but Sarah moved to the outer part of the mansion with the meal in her hand. Xana wanted to watch as everything unfolded , she finished cooking, tasted the meal she had just finished cooking, ate a bit of her food before proceeding to continue her knitting while humming a song:,

The crazy part of her experience is that every single person that tries to mess with her would definitely suffer and Sarah wasn’t an exception, she was human just like the rest of the others that cane her way.

As Xana stayed in her room knitting after cooking the meal she decided that sooner or later she would go out and the news of Sarah’s death would have sprayed round the city as she knitted, she reached for the remaining yarns, pulling and dragging the edges of the yarns so she could make a perfect piece, her mother had called her that she want a sweat suit for a mini occasion, as her mentioned these things, she does not hesitate to tell her it would be ready in some days.

The end of knitted skirt was beginning to loosen, she had assured herself that she would mend it the minutes he did her mother’s own. She remembered growing up, her mother sold clothes of different kinds and that was where the passion for knitting started, she was happy that there was something to keep her away from thinking about the rejection from Adam.

As she made progress, she remembered the early hours of their meeting and how she drooled over him the minute she found his picture, she liked the pleasantries they exchanged and she had imagine him as her husband not caring about his status It was getting late and she wasn’t sure if she would be able to complete the yarn in her hand before nightfall, instead, she persisted wanting the deigns still be perfect as possible. As she followed the sound of the noise, she got a text from her friend Ann asking if they could hang out, she wanted to go out but she didn’t have the strength to leave the mansion. Ever since she entered the mansion, she has been enjoying the life of a Luna already. As she thought about the party Ann’s call interrupted her thoughts, “Hey, babe, would you like to do for Daniel’s party by 5. I’d come pick you up,” Ann told her as she shrugged, she knew she would simply say no to her, she wasn’t even considering the idea of going out of the mansion or even an invitation to a party, the only thing that would make her life interesting was if Adam agreed to marry her because she had given her love, her life.

She had to put everything on hold to come here, they were going far before Sarah ruined everything, as she searched for a blade across the room, she thought about the poison and hoped Sarah had eaten everything so she would be out of the way fully, there was nothing left for her today.

The thought of parties made her shiver, she hated huge crowds now and preferred the solitude of herself and her room. She remembered how they attended all the parties in high school and contested for several modeling agencies, afterwards she started getting unsure about her body and hated how slim she was, she was happy someone had called her because she had been yearning to speak to someone and now Ann had asked her if she wanted to go to the parties the one she loved with all her heart.

As she finished wrapping up the lower part of the dress, she realized that she needs to go out to see things for herself, as she finished the yarn on her hand, and stepped out into the large hallway as Sarah she approached the kitchen, she does not see the crowd or the anything she f I ran in her mind, as she wondered where Sarah was at the money, she was utterly surprised a crowd was not dragging her body out, as she reached for the ends of her skirt.

She readjusted the skirt and walked around the house looking for anyplace Sarah would be, as her eyes reached the hall just before the dining hall m, she was searching for her till she looked up and found her, her eyes widened. Shocked like she had just seen a ghost but she couldn’t fathom how she wasn’t dead, the quantity of the poison was unbelievably much and Sarah had eaten the food to her fill because she could see empty plates standing before her.

As he walked over to where Sarah stood, Sarah gave her a “you tried this time, do not try it ever again” look as Xana turned away quickly to enter into her room, she hated herself for displaying some kid of hatred to Sarah, she would have pretended to like her so she could gain more trust from her enough to poison her, she was not relentless in anything that had to deal with Sarah.

Sarah had the look on her face and she was in shock as to way the poison wasn’t effective on her, she was beginning to get angry at the turn of event, she was smiling to Sarah while she had the angered look on her face.