An idea popped into her mind. She blurted out what her grandmother on earth would say whenever she cried as a young. "If you keep crying, you will go blind."
The wailing stopped, almost instantaneously.
Sienna smiled victoriously. "See Kroton, no hugs needed."
The sheep beast man blinked. Wasn't the goal here for Lady Sienna to become closer to young miss Ali? A hug was a better solution.
Another little one dashed in like a cannonball. It was her son Eli, and he had that same look as his father, which promised murder. "Bad woman, what did you do to my sister?" He questioned.
"I didn't do anything and you look like a bun." Sienna replied.
Kroton slapped his forehead and his ears flopped. Lady Sienna was about to be rolled out in another rug.
[Two more fox pets detected. Does the host wish to bind?]
Sienna's eyes lit up. While it was challenging to make Elias sit, these ones would be easy. The system was practically begging her to take candy from a baby. "Bind."
[Pet: Eli Veythar: SSS tier Fox Beast man.
Bond Level: 0
Compatibility: 0% {Extremely fragile.}
Shared skills: 0]
[Pet: Ali Veythar: SS tier Fox Beast woman.
Bond Level: 0
Compatibility: 0%
Shared skills: 0]
Sienna touched her chin, pondering on the similarities and differences between the children and their father. Eli had inherited his father's mental strength. Ali was weaker than Elias and Eli, but still strong.
She shook her head. It did not matter, she had to teach them to sit first and then Elias would be convinced by them. Grinning slyly, she set her eyes on the children.
Two pups and one sheep beast man shivered.
"Bad woman, what are you plotting?" Eli asked her.
Sienna laughed. It was a soft cackle that somehow came out like the sound a witch made before she unleashing evil on a kingdom.
"Babies, let mommy teach you something." She said in a smooth voice. "When I say sit, you both sit. Okay?" She looked at Kroton. "Stand up an show them how its done. I will reward you all with some food."
Kroton nodded eagerly and he stood up.
"Sit." Sienna commanded.
Kroton's butt found the grass eagerly, almost as if gravity itself was pulling him down.
Eli and Ali, not so much.
"Liman...." Eli screamed.
The tiger beast woman leaped out of a hedge where she had been hiding for close to thirty minutes.
Sienna had flashbacks to the night before. If this kid took after his father in everything, then it was likely he mimicked that horrible man's behavior too. "Little bun, don't you dare." she warned.
"Roll." Elias commanded in a small voice, adding a stomp of his right foot.
Sienna turned over, stood as fast as she could and tried to escape. But Liman was physically fit and stronger, she jumped once, and blocked Sienna's path. Three guards joined her. They rolled Sienna in the same fur rug from yesterday and carried her back into the house.
She was placed down at the entrance of her bedroom and rolled inside like a log!
After they left, Sienna huffed in exasperation.
"Are you okay Lady Sienna?" Kroton asked, setting down her gym bag.
She nodded. "What is it with this family and rolling people in rugs?"
Kroton's mother Shalin entered the bedroom, eyes nervously focused on her son. "Not everyone Lady Sienna, just you. Lord Elias started ordering for you to be rolled in a fur rug whenever you visited his bedroom without permission."
Sienna groaned.
"What will you be having for breakfast?" Shalin asked.
"I will come down and cook for myself." Sienna replied. "But first, a bath."
Shalin and Kroton left. They carried the news of Sienna's plans downstairs. The cooks dropped pans and other tools in shock.
"What do you mean by she is going to cook for herself?" Lady Cadelaria walked into the large organized kitchen with Ali in her arms.
Shalin repeated what Sienna had said. Still, nobody believed it, not until Sienna walked into the kitchen thirty minutes later.
Suddenly, it was like everyone forgot how to breathe. Ever since Sienna married Lord Elias, she had never so much as cracked an egg. She was the kind of woman who snapped her fingers or made a phone call and yelled at them to deliver what she needed to the bedroom.
"Good morning," Sienna greeted with a smile, as though she was friendly with everyone in the kitchen. "I will cook my own breakfast today."
The head cook blinked. "Do you know what you are talking about Lady Sienna?"
Sienna rolled her eyes. "I wasn't born rich, I know how to cook. Just point me to the oats and some milk."
Gasps echoed.
The head cook dropped his ladle.
"Milk!" Shalin blinked nervously, bleating a little.
The servants exchanged horrified glances. Milk at her age! What was Sienna thinking!
"Lady, you are an adult. Milk is for the children." Shalin shared.
"Does she dunk cookies too?" Someone whispered.
"Who said milk is for only children?" Sienna asked. "It is a good source of protein, great for strong bones." She found a commercial sized fridge in the kitchen and got the milk herself. Then, she found the oats and hummed triumphantly.
This beast world was advanced even when it came to food! She had been worried that this was one of those places where they ate raw meat mostly and fruits. But, non beast men had tackled the food issue and improved the diet of their world.
Sienna stirred the oats, humming softly, until her mother-in-law shuffled in, her eyes sharp as daggers. "You truly came here to cause chaos."
"Good morning, mother-in-law." Sienna responded, unbothered by the ice in Lady Cadelaria's voice. "Why don't you sit," she pointed to a chair.
Lady Cadelaria did not sit. Instead, she seized a jug of water Sienna had placed on the kitchen counter and splashed it directly into her face. Sienna sputtered, dripped like a disgraced cat.
"ROLL!" Lady Cadelaria shrieked.