The Beast's Possession
35: Can you behave?

**Aife pov**

Following Bane's demands and trying to stay on his good side was becoming progressively more difficult with every demand that man spat at me. Only he would send someone, who barely managed to survive after excessive blood loss, to the kitchen to make him a damn dinner. What was worse was that by the time I was done with cooking the chicken for him, Bane announced he didn't feel like having chicken anymore. Instead, he demanded a turkey sandwich. But that wasn't up to his liking, so the asshole deemed me useless and banished me from the kitchen. There was no point in arguing, not that I could voice anything anyway, so I headed upstairs and walked to the room that was assigned to me. Sadly, once I entered the small room, I remembered that Bane had ordered Silvia to take all my things to his bedroom.

Cold shivers ran all over me, raising goosebumps on my skin, as I spun on my heel and walked down the hall, towards his bedroom.

I couldn't get rid of the thoughts about how much I hated that man. Unfortunately, just like the devil, he appeared whenever his name was mentioned or a thought about him ran through my mind. Bane stood leaning against the bedroom door, arms crossed in front of his chest, a shit-eating grin plastered on his lips. He clicked his tongue and shook his head the moment he noticed me approaching him. "I was wondering how much time it would take you to remember you've been moved. I never claimed blondes were stupid, but darling, you're starting to prove that stereotypes can, in fact, be true." Another throaty laugh left him as I brushed past Bane. He could poke at me as much as he wanted, but sooner or later, he should understand that there wouldn't be an answer.

The more he spoke to me, the more I started enjoying the inability to speak. At this point, it didn't matter how many hurtful things he spat at me - I didn't react. Even when I really wanted to.

"Where is that damn notebook now? If you can't speak you sure as fuck will write. I have given you too many passes with this attitude, shit ends now," Bane growled as he followed me inside the bedroom.

I wanted to roll my eyes at the moron, but held back. For all I knew, the freak could have eyes at the back of his head.

While I stood aside, Bane grabbed the notebook and threw it at me. If it weren't for my quick reaction, the notebook would hit me right in the face.

As it bounced off the wall next to my head and fell to my feet, I looked between the notebook and Bane.

He had the gall to wink at me before he sat on the bed and gestured towards the notebook, "go on, pick it up and get to writing."

I did as I was told. Anger surged through me when I noticed the smug smile on his face. Bane enjoyed ordering me around and clearly loved it when I did as he told me.

'What should I write?' I scribbled on the empty page and turned the notebook for Bane to read.

He instantly rolled his eyes at me, not even trying to see what I wrote. "You're shitting me here. You can't seriously expect that I will put any effort and try to read it. Put those damn legs to good use and walk closer," he barked. Probably only the Goddess knew what his issue was. But alas, I sucked it up, pretended his disrespect didn't bother me and walked closer.

I stopped a few steps away from him and although he clearly didn't like it, I didn't get more reaction from him than a frown.

"I don't know, some stupid fairytale?" Bane mocked me.

Since I didn't play along with his stupid games and just stood there, he rose to his feet and walked closer. My body froze when Bane grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. The moment our eyes met, I couldn't hold back the tears. Technically, he didn't do anything, didn't hurt me. But the bottomless void in his eyes seriously scared me.

Bane ran around like a stupid child, teasing and tormenting me. He displayed many emotions, especially anger, but his eyes were completely empty. Maybe the difference between his gaze and behavior was what truly terrified me... "Are you going to behave, reject?" Bane whispered as he leaned a little closer.

I didn't notice how he let go of my chin and brought his thumb to my cheek to wipe off the tear that escaped my eye until he repeated himself. "Behave. Can you behave?"

Without thinking, I quickly nodded, but he didn't accept that as a proper answer. "Use your words, reject. You have the notebook, write down a promise that you can behave." Forcing down the lump that had formed in my throat, I gripped the pen and wrote 'yes' in the notebook.

A victorious smile spread across his lips as Bane took a step back, finally granting me some much-needed distance.

"Good. I have some shit to deal with in the main building, but Silvia already left so she can't look after you. Since I feel very generous and kind today, I will let you enjoy some privacy without any guards around. Take this as a token of trust. I give you my trust, you don't dare to shatter it. Do we have a deal?"

I barely held back the happiness that bubbled up within me. All I wanted was a bit of his trust to get out of here and Bane was actually granting me that this soon?

Sure, this wasn't the best moment for an escape as I was still relatively weak and knew nothing about his territory, but this was an opportunity I couldn't pass on.

My gaze returned to the notebook as I quickly wrote down a few words and presented it to Bane. 'I promise to behave. Thank you for putting your trust in me.'

He nodded at the words and headed for the bedroom door. Just as he reached his hand closer to the doorknob, Bane glanced at me over his shoulder and added, "I will take your words with a grain of salt for now. If you prove that you can be trusted, your life will get better."

With that being said, he left me behind.

I tossed the notebook on the bed and instantly ran after it. For some reason, I had an insane need to rip out the page with the false promise. I folded the page and gripped it in my first as I walked into Bane's closet.

Running away this soon was a foolish idea, but what could be even worse was running in what I was wearing. I wasted some time, but I grabbed some of Bane's clothes and changed into them.

The pack would follow scent and all they would get from following me would be their Alpha's scent, so maybe I would manage to fool them and win some time.

Once I was sure Bane had left the house, I snuck downstairs and checked the living room. No sounds came from the kitchen, so I didn't bother to check it and tip-toed to the back door.

Grabbing the handle, I almost screamed in joy when I realized it wasn't locked. As quietly as I could, I slipped outside and closed the door behind me.

I stood on the back patio and let my eyes scan the surroundings. Just like Bane had said, there were no guards in view. What was even better was that the house was located in the forest, so regardless where I went, I didn't have to cross a field and be out in the open.

Struggling to suppress the smile that spread across my lips, I took off and ran as fast as my legs agreed to carry me.