The Beast's Possession

**Aife

pov**

I gaped at Amelia. "You lost me here. I was told Delta arrived for an exchange?" The words left me as a question even though I was supposed to state a fact. Amelia waved me off and laughed. "He took you to create a cover."

Since she kept talking in riddles and the look on my face had to be a dead giveaway of how darn confused I was about this mess, Delta decided to speak up. "I was ordered to find a new mate. I'm sure Claudia explained why already."

I nodded my head, so he kept talking.

"Let's say I decided I didn't want to follow the command. Amelia is it for me. I don't want another woman. No woman could ever compare to her, so she stays. But anyway, since I was supposed to take one in, I decided it has to be you because you know how to hold your mouth shut," Delta grinned as soon as the words left him.

Funny how he was using something his precious Alpha hated to his advantage.

"Okay, what now?" I asked as my eyes darted between them.

"I told Alpha that Amelia would stay here until she was over the new discovery and learned to live with the fact. Alpha thinks I have a new bitch and Amelia is working as our personal housekeeper now. Don't think that I'm trying to force you into the role of a maid, but I think my Amelia would be very grateful for the company of another woman and maybe some help around the house."

I pondered his words a little and decided it was better to stay with the weirdos than go back to the main building. Here, I didn't have to face their Alpha or run around naked while dozens of men tried to grope me.

"I told you it wouldn't work," Amelia muttered, breaking the bubble of thoughts I created.

My eyes shot to her right as Delta pulled her into his lap. I watched him smother her face with gentle kisses and whisper sweet nothings to her. Now, I understood why she claimed she was lucky - they fit together perfectly. "I don't have to sleep in one bed with him, right?" I blurted out the question.

Only when the words were out, echoing against the walls, I realized how much trouble I could get into if he took them wrong.

Honestly, I expected Delta to scream or lunge at me, but instead, he laughed and Amelia broke out of his arms. She all but jumped over the coffee table and attacked me with a hug. She even started pressing her lips to my cheek, shouting thank you in between each peck.

"I'll prepare the guest bedroom. You two can have some girl time here." Delta laughed as he raised from his seat and walked around the coffee table to free me from Amelia's smothering.

I watched how he kissed the top of her head, nodded at me and left.

Amelia fell back on the couch and let out a happy sound. Thankfully, she didn't try to kiss or hug me anymore. Seriously, I didn't think she was this darn strong.

"You've made me the happiest woman on Earth, Aife. I have no idea how to repay you." She announced, looking at the ceiling.

I wasn't sure what to say. It wasn't like I had any say in this anyway. The truth was that I chose the safest of all options I had, I wasn't here to prove to Amelia that I was this selfless person, who tried to help her out.

"Bane will be so pissed if he ever finds this out," she suddenly chuckled.

I perked up a little. Who was she talking about?

Carefully, I shifted my body into a little more comfortable position and repeated the name. "Bane?"

Amelia laughed. "Yeah, Bane. The Alpha of this pack." She explained, throwing a glance at me. Once she realized I had no idea what the name of the monstrous leader was, she started laughing at me. "Wait, you didn't know his name is Bane?" "No, I had no idea," I admitted. "He's more like the bane of my existence. Never bothered to ask, so I didn't have any idea just how right I was." I added in a whisper, making Amelia laugh so hard, she started wheezing and tears streamed down her cheeks.

When she pushed her thighs together and screamed, "stop it, I'm going to pee myself!" I started laughing just as hard.

The more we spoke, the more I wanted her to be my friend. It was stupid and sad at the same time that I had known this woman for minutes and already felt like we had known each other for years. Perhaps the feeling in my chest was nothing but a delusion, but I started wondering if this was how it felt to meet your soulmate. Some stranger that got you from the first word and didn't judge.

We literally knew each other for minutes and I already struggled with the thought that I would have to leave her behind one day.

Later, when Delta joined us and I got another chance to watch how they interacted and acted around each other, I wondered why the Alpha insisted Delta had to find someone else. Hadn't he seen the perfection these two created together? "Aife?" Delta called out for me, once again, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I was getting too distracted for my own good. I kept letting my guard down around them.

"Yes?" I tried to sound as casual as possible.

"There are a few details we need to discuss. You know, about this arrangement," he announced, pointing his finger between all of us.

The weirdest questions invaded my mind, but instead of voicing any, I just nodded. Letting them speak was the best option simply because the longer I kept quiet, the more they spoke and that resulted in them spitting out extra details. "So, what I was thinking..." He started and glanced at Amelia. She nodded at him eagerly, as if the massive man needed her support. "Yeah, so... You are supposed to pretend to be my new bitch. Technically, it shouldn't be an issue. As per Alpha's law, claimed women stay indoors or work around the house. They don't visit the main building and for the most part, no one comes here. Having a guest over is a very unlikely possibility. But, in case someone comes over, you need to pretend I chose you."

I raised my eyebrow at him and stole a glance at Amelia. "Okay, but what about Amelia? What is she going to do if anyone comes over? Also, I don't know how I feel about this. Obviously, I understand I don't have any say in this, but I don't want to hurt Amelia with this show."

For the first time ever, Delta smiled at me. "I appreciate your concern, Aife. Trust me, I really do. It means a lot to me to hear you voicing worry about the love of my life. But, you don't need to worry. Amelia and I already discussed this, she actually came up with the plan, so the only thing you have to do is play the role of Delta's bitch. Shouldn't be too hard since women don't speak around other men in this pack."

They could call me crazy if they wanted, but although they put their plans in words and voiced them so effortlessly, I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. Something was about to go awfully wrong.

The last time I ignored the feeling resulted in the slaughter of my pack. If I ignored it again, only the Goddess knew what the consequences would be.

But alas, instead of voicing it, I chose to remain quiet and agree to go along with their plan. For Amelia's sake.