The Beast's Possession

**Bane

pov**

I was running from my problems... Again. Well, technically, I was running from problems I caused so that kind of was a bigger deal than I was making it to be.

The thing was that I seriously couldn't stomach the look on her face. I just couldn't.

*You didn't even look at her, you coward.*

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The voice in my head refused to remain silent. I had to get rid of it, but I had already tried so many times, went through so many scenarios and ideas, and all of them led me to another dead end. This missing content is only available on

*Keep dreaming, boy. You're never getting rid of me. I refuse to leave, I refuse to allow you to become another weakling. You are not the weak link, get that through your thick skull.*

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It kept screaming at me even as I wrote the note for Aife, placed it on the bed and left the house. I needed to get away from everything, I needed to be away from her before something horrible happened. This missing content is only available on noveldrama

Rushing towards the main building, I instantly noticed my men surrounding it.

*Kill, kill, kill them all. Don't leave anyone standing, kill them!*

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"Woah, Bane, buddy, are you okay?" He asked, keeping significant distance between us.

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"No. You need to look after Aife while I lock my ass in that office," I pushed the words through gritted teeth.

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"Sweating, red eyes, easily irritated. He's back, isn't he?" Zion took a step back as his voice echoed against the walls.

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I nodded again. Zion knew I had found a way to deal with my issues, hence why the office was sound-proof and pretty much built like an underground bunker.

"Okay," he sighed. "If she wants to come here and talk to you, I won't hold her back. Even if you're at your worst, she deserves to know what is going on, so one way or another, she will learn the truth. For now, I suggest you go inside there, lock the damn door and get it out of your system."

Just as Zion was about to turn around and leave, I stopped him. "She knows the truth about her family. It would be better if someone was with her right now. Clearly, it can't be me. She trusts you. She views you as a friend. Can I trust you to stay by her side while I can't?"

How stupid was it that my heart was literally breaking with every word that left me? I was a selfish piece of shit, but I couldn't get past the fact that I truly felt my heart breaking simply because I couldn't be what Aife needed right now. I was the man who took everything from her. Even today, I was still the same man, responsible for the same crime, but somehow, I also turned into the man who wanted to give her all that and more.

"I can do that, man. She's safe with me," Zion assured me and left.

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Dragging my feet, I walked to the office and locked the door as soon as I entered it.

The moment my eyes set on the objects in the room, all of them became my enemies. Even pieces of paper and pens - I saw red, it had to be destroyed.

*I told you to kill the cowards at the door, not the paperclips!* The voice returned.

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Ignoring it, I did the only thing I knew how to do properly - destroy. In no time, I managed to turn the entire office upside down. Somehow, I blacked out and didn't realize that I went as far as ripping books in half. This missing content is only available on

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The memories betrayed me as they returned in flashes - all of them. From the moment I first laid my eyes on her, the fear I saw in her eyes, the tear-stained cheeks, to when I threw her on that table and the list went on.

I still couldn't believe that someone as kind as her actually existed. All of those awful crimes I committed, all the shit I did just to hurt her, and she still was here, even holding me at times.

Honestly, I was sure that what bothered me the most was the fact that she saved my life. Even while she thought I had taken the lives of those she loved the most, she still fucking spared mine.

I didn't deserve her. But I didn't want to let her go either. How fucked in the head was I?

*No, not that. You're pathetic, that's what you are. You refuse to be a man and kill. You refuse to go after blood and slaughter. Weak, you're so weak, it's almost sad.*

The voice was so damn loud, it laughed so hard and kept mocking me so brutally, it took me too long to understand that someone was pounding their fist against the office door.

"Fuck off!" I snarled, hoping that the sudden guest would understand this wasn't the right time to test my patience.

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"Open the damn door!" Aife shouted, startling me out of the weird state.

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Those were some pretty powerful lungs that woman had if I could actually hear her through the door.

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"Bane, I'm not playing around, open this door! Now!"

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How did her voice get louder? No, that isn't even the most confusing thing. Why did the voice in my head suddenly disappear? Was he waiting on me to make the mistake of opening the door just to take advantage of my exhaustion and attack her?

"I can't! It's not safe!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Although I wanted to tell her everything, I wanted to open up and let at least one person know my deepest, darkest secrets; I was scared. Fucking ridiculous, but I was terrified of her reaction.

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I confessed that her family was alive, so now, she didn't have an excuse to stay. If she asked where they were, I would tell her and then, surely she would leave. Fuck, I had managed to grow insane hatred towards word 'leave' because of her. "And I don't care. Open the door, pull up your big boy pants and face me like a real man would."

Ignoring her demands, I slowly sat up and focused my gaze on the destruction. Great, this would take hours to clean up and days to refurnish.

"Oh, so now you're giving me a silent treatment? Alright, suit yourself. I guess I'll leave you be, keep acting like a toddler behind closed doors while I will mind my business and flash your guards. They seemed rather fond of my breasts when you stripped me, I think they would be really happy for a repeat of the show."