*** meantime in Kratez

At the third-order Roselyn asked to the maid may not be going through, she slightly got more irritated. They were ignoring her as if she wasn't in the house. She asked them to do the errands and clean the kitchen but none of them seemed to even take into consideration Roselyn's requests.

"This is my house and I am John's wife! You have to listen to me!" Roselyn spat out of patience after being ignored for hours.

Two women or whatever creatures they were flinched around to gaze at her with superiority, and then giggle shaking their heads. That gesture of disdain and disrespect made Roselyn even more irritated by their immature behavior. She took a long breath before folding her arms and gazing at all the seven women who were working in the house.

"I will repeat myself one last time," Roselyn said in a threatening tone of voice that made all the maids giggle once again but Roselyn tried to ignore them to finish her sentence. "Go clean the kitchen." Roselyn clenched her fists but the maids shook their heads.

Roselyn felt the blood boiling through her veins and her stomach turning as a lump in her throat formed.

"Alright if you don't do it yourself I will force you to." Roselyn raised both her tone of voice and her eyebrows. One of the maids laughed out loud pointing her finger at her, "you? What do you want to fight all seven of us?" She asked amused as if she was underestimating Roselyn's capability. She turned around to whisper, "it will even be a miracle if you knock down one of us."

Roselyn losing her patience narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists, a wave of wind pushed the woman violently against the wall. Roselyn kept focusing and moved her hand toward the floor, the soil creaked until it opened in the middle and the creak enlarged until it became so deep, another wave of wind pushed the woman inside the hole which began to drain her inside. A plant on the wall's shelf grow to wrap around the woman's neck and began to tighten around it impeding her to fully fall the hole by holding her upside down.

"What did you say?" Roselyn asked in an irritated tone of voice. The woman was dangling upon the big hole in the floor and the only thing keeping her from falling inside the heart hole was the plant's stem. The creature became red and fear filled her eyes she began to cry as she begged Roselyn to bring her down and spare her life.

With the corner of her eye Roselyn could spot another woman trying to attack her, she recognized what creature she was when long fangs grow from her fingers and her pupils reddened. She was a vampire. Roselyn knew well enough their powers since John was probably one of the strongest vampires. With her other hand, she soon created huge flames of fire that fed so much to grow like a tall wall standing in front of Roselyn. The fire's flames surrounded her to create a circular wall to protect the other maids' sudden attack.

Roselyn's eyes sparkled and her energy was so intensified that she could feel all her euphoria in her body waking up her senses.

"Repeat what you said," Roselyn murmured to the woman who was tied to the plant's stem. The heart's creak kept growing and Roselyn's body fluttered in the air not to fall inside. The more it enlarged the more it drained things inside, it was almost reaching the other maids who didn't know what to do.

"Repeat!" Roselyn screamed, she tightened her clench more and the plan's grip slightly released having the woman scream in fear as she feared falling.

"P-P-P-Please I'-I-I'm sorry… I am sorry. I beg your pardon." The girl murmured, but Roselyn wasn't satisfied yet. She still remembered what she said to her about John when she slammed the door. She could hear the woman's voice resounding in her head saying that place wasn't her castle and she couldn't command over them. Roselyn wondered if she would dare to oppose her orders after that day.

"Will you listen to my orders now?" Roselyn asked traveling her gaze toward all the maids. Each one of them nodded quietly, their eyes were widened in fear and they were paler than the usual.

"I didn't hear the answer." Roselyn tilted her head to the side as she intensified the grip of the plant around the woman's neck.

"Yes." They all replied in chorus.

"Good," Roselyn replied. The fire slowly extinguished and the creak closed. In few minutes the ground was turned in its usual appearance but the plant was still gripping around the woman's neck.

"And you… don't even dare to talk to me like you did recently." Roselyn took few steps forward to the girl who was still dangling upside down. The woman nodded, swallowing so hard Roselyn could feel the noise of her swallow.

Roselyn opened her hand and the woman fell over the ground. Despite the pain, the maid didn't cry of pain, still in shock and she quickly reached the rest of the maids.

"Now," Roselyn said walking toward the woman who dared to challenge her patience.

"First rule: you don't have to try to flatter yourself with John, nor talk to him sweetly. He is my man, and whoever dares to try to entice him will have to answer to me." Roselyn said staring at each of those women. They nodded, keeping their gaze down to the floor.

"Second rule: You have to listen to my orders, from the silliest ones to the biggest one because you work for me too. So if I ask you to jump down a bridge you have to do that."

Roselyn smirked halting in front of the woman who dared to talk back to her earlier, she tilted her head to the side as she stared at the red mark that formed in her neck for the intense grip of the plant.

"Last rule: You don't have to say a word to John about this… mishap," Roselyn said and this time none of them dared to say anything nor to complain about her decision.

Roselyn got her little revenge on them, she couldn't say she had much resentment in their regards for having shared a past with John and for misunderestimating her skills. Now if there was a certainty was that they will never dare to oppose her, not again.

***

John returned home leaving Abigail with her doubts and concerns to finally return to Roselyn.

He knocked on the door and one maid went to open it to him when he entered he could feel an odd atmosphere, all the creatures were cleaning quietly and they didn't hint to say hi. They completely ignored his arrival.

"Hi, love," Roselyn said with a huge smile on her face and marching toward John jumping on her feet, she looked oddly happier than usual which made John suspicious.. John frowned his forehead, "what happened?" he asked curving his eyebrows suspicious Roselyn had probably something to do with the weird behavior of the maid not even paying attention to his return or cheering him like they usually did.