The Beast's Possession

**Bane

pov**

As I came to my senses, the first thing I noticed was how badly my head was pounding. Then, I realized that my entire body was in so much pain, I couldn't move even a muscle.

Blinking, I tried to adjust to the brightness in the room and looked around. There was no one near. I laid on a bed, trapped inside a room with white walls and nothing but this bed inside. No medical stuff, so I knew this wasn't a hospital room. Then, I let my gaze travel down to my feet and gasped. If nothing else, at least I knew why my body hurt so much - I was chained to this bed. But why?

As the ideas, questions and assumptions started circling my mind, salvation came in the form of a woman wearing a nurse's uniform.

Once her gaze found me, a bright smile spread across her lips. "Alpha Bane, you're awake. Wonderful, let me get the doctors here to check on you."

Just as she was about to spin on her heel and leave, I stopped her. "Wait!"

Her eyes found me again, a look of confusion all over her face. "Yes? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yes, there is something," I announced and looked down at my body again. "Why are there so many chains and why in the hell would anyone want a sleeping person chained to a bed?"

When my gaze focused back on the nurse, she was backing towards the door, slowly typing to escape my questions. Caught, she looked anywhere but at me and whispered, "it is not my place to explain everything that happened. Please rest while I get the doctors here and they will answer every question you might have."

The nurse didn't wait for another question or even acknowledge that I had understood her. She quickly spun around and hurried away, leaving me alone, utterly confused.

"What in the actual fuck," I muttered to myself and closed my eyes, listening. Since the nurse didn't want to talk, maybe the damn asshole inside my head would.

Usually, when I was out of it or asleep, he was awake and extremely aware. Sometimes, just to annoy me, he told me how many times I had rolled or farted in my sleep, but this time he was silent. Again.

That struck as odd and while I really enjoyed some time without him, it kind of sucked. One time I needed his presence and it wasn't here. Great.

Sulking, I waited and stared at the ceiling. At one point, I started counting the different spots covering the ceiling just to kill some time. This was ridiculous, but it wasn't like I could just get up and leave on my own accord. For that, I needed whoever held the key to these darn restraints.

By the time I had counted all the spots on the ceiling, no one had arrived so I started debating if having some more sleep was a good idea.

In a sense of rest, sure, sleep was always the right choice, but the possibility of my muscles going numb after having too much rest kind of threw me off. Perhaps this wasn't the right time to get some much-needed rest after all. The more time I seemed to waste just laying here, the more irritated I became. Just when I reached my main goal and met the man I was seeking, some stupid shit had to happen to me and throw me off the path, right?

As that thought crossed my mind, the door to the room opened and a few men walked in. The tallest one stood the closest to my bed and grinned. "Alpha Bane, we're glad to see you're awake and it seems like you're feeling pretty good." While his words were meant as a statement, I could sense the question behind them, so I decided to reassure him. "Yes, I'm feeling pretty good. Well rested and all."

"Splendid," he grinned. "Don't mind us while we take some of your vitals and examine your state, okay? And I'm terribly sorry for the chains, but those must remain here until we get an order from the king that those can be removed." Arching an eyebrow, I decided to question the doctor. "Why am I chained to the bed, again?"

The same as the nurse, this man looked anywhere but at me as he spoke. "Unfortunately, I am in no position to share this information with you, Alpha Bane. The king wanted to have this conversation and we are under the obligation to allow him to have this. You two are friends, I think it's really better to hear news like this from a friend."

Was everyone's main intention to keep me in the dark and raise more suspicion within myself? How hard it had to be to answer one simple question. Clearly, all of them knew what had happened for the chains to be used, so at least one could give me a fucking hint or something.

"Fine," I groaned after I realized all of the medics were too tight-lipped. "Do whatever you must do and tell your king I want to see him as soon as possible."

"That won't be necessary, I'm already here," the king himself entered the room chuckling.

"Speak of the devil, huh?" I teased him while the poor medics looked like they were about to have a stroke or something.

Very few people knew how close the king and I used to be before our friendship had to be basically paused when he took over the throne. We preferred this friendship to be that way - hidden, sort of.

As the king laughed, the confused medics checked my vitals, explained to us in what state I was and whispered something in his ear before leaving us. Once the door behind them closed, I glared at him and growled, "why the fuck am I chained to a bed?"

Just like always, he looked more amused than angry as he sat on the bed and placed his large hand on my arm. That is, until his eyes focused on something in the distance and he let out a heavy sigh.

Alright, whatever had happened - it was serious. Anything with chains was bad, but coupled with the expression on his face, I wasn't so sure that I wanted to hear what was going on anymore. "How bad?" I whispered as if I already knew the answer. I thought that I did. And honestly, it scared me to no end.

"Very,” he whispered.

My word stopped with that one word. I had so many plans, grand ideas, goals and dreams, but now, all of them went down the damn drain.

I wasn't ready to face news like these, definitely not these days when I finally thought that I had reached a sort of happiness I never dreamed of having.

I was so damn close to having that happiness with Aife, so close that I could taste it and now, I stood before the risk of losing it all. How could I lose something I didn't really have yet? How was that fair? Deep down, I knew that one day, I would pay for every wrongdoing I've done in my lifetime, but this punishment felt too harsh.

"I'm ready to listen to you," I whispered and closed my eyes.

All I could really do was just listen. Every word, as unwilling as I was to accept them, I was ready to hear him out and see if there was anything I could do to fix this shitstorm.

"Once we got you here and the doctors pumped you with everything they could use to boost healing, the shit went down. Real bad. You were out of it, but he wasn't. He wanted to go out, he wanted to return home and apparently take out the bitch that has been distracting you. He's pretty fucking strong, you know. We had to chain you to the bed to keep your body here. Also, if you're in pain, it's the silver they had to inject to keep him down. Stupid, right? Silver was killing you and we had to add some of that shit to ensure the other you wouldn't commit a crime you would never forgive. He is dangerous, Bane." He shook his head and took a deep breath.

"Unless we think of a way to break the cycle, whoever that woman is, she will suffer for as long as she's with you. At this point, the docs here think that he will use any moment of weakness you might have. Even sleep. It's up to you buddy, but your Luna, she's really not safe with you around."