All Chapters of Taming The Beast: His Ruthless Desire: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Alex's Pov I tossed and turned throughout the night. Images of Ryan's beat up face kept flashing through my mind. His eyes swollen shut, his lips burst and bleeding. And that snap of his arm. In my dreams, the snap was louder. Impossibly loud. It reverberated along the walls. echoed through forests. It tore through my mind, shattering my soul. I woke up sweating despite the air conditioning. He'd tried to take advantage of me. If Luca hadn't shown up, Ryan would've taken me against my will. I shouldn't feel bad for him. He got what he deserved. Except I knew Luca would've beat him up whether or not he had caught him trying to take advantage of me or not. The punishment that came after my date with Ryan made sense now. I had thought it was because I had spent the night elsewhere. How naive of me to think Luca wouldn't have known my exact whereabouts. How much had he seen? Was he lurking around as Ryan and I walked into the seafood restaurant? When Ryan came visiting befor

Luca's Pov I checked to make sure I had all the weapons I would need. Two fully loaded guns, two extra bullet clips, my set of knives tucked into various parts of my clothing and a taser just because. I slipped out of the car and headed for the house. They had neglected to leave a man outside to stand guard. They didn't know or didn't even expect they were being watched. Fucking rookies. It worked for me in any case. My plan was to take them unaware. A stealthy plan would be to maybe scale the building and go in through a window. Or see if there was another entrance round the back or through the garage that was left half open. But I wasn't in the mood for any of that. I walked up to the front door and knocked. The chatter inside died down. A gruff voice called out… “Who is it?" “Hey man, y'all left your engine running." I called back in a fake texan accent. I heard a whispered, "Did anybody leave a car engine running?” "How can you leave a car engine running d

Alex's Pov Biscuits weren't enough to stave off hunger through the whole night. Not to mention, I'd spent the day sleeping so my eyes remained stubbornly wide and alert the entire time. Still no reception so I wandered around the house instead. I wasn't sure which room was Luca's so I refrained from opening any doors. Things seemed to have shifted between us. Our paths didn't cross again after the kitchen stitch up but I didn't feel apprehensive of his presence anymore. There seemed to have been an understanding reached and I was now certain he wasn't going to bother me anymore. Or at least for the time being. I didn't know where that left me now though. If I wasn't fulfilling the terms of my contract, he had no use for me. So now what? I didn't want to think of that yet. I chose not to. There was some frozen meat in the freezer but they'd been in there so long, it was hard to tell what they were exactly. There were no ingredients for a meal though. Except some salt

Alex's Pov I don't know how long I lay there for. A couple of minutes? An hour? More? By the time I decided to get up, the sandwich bread had dried out and I didn't want to eat them anymore. I threw them in a trash can in the kitchen and stood staring out the window. Family huh? I smiled to myself. There was no use thinking about any of that now. It was clear that I still wasn't welcome home. Even though home was not so far away anymore. A lot of things had happened that I wasn't aware of. Dad got Arthritis, last I heard from James he was a hot shot lawyer in Memphis. How he had gotten all the way to Memphis I'll never know. Sydney was still in Rhode Island last I recalled. She'd been the last family member I had spoken to before the call with my mother just now. That call hadn't been any less difficult. Sydney and I had been the closer pair of siblings. I'd stayed in touch with her long after cutting James off. She was a little easier on me than the others but ultimately

Alex's Pov My body heaved as the Sobs came heavier, faster. Luca tried to pull me closer to his chest but I pushed him away. He tried again and I pushed him a little harder this time. “Alex, I'm sorry." He whispered. His voice was quiet, heavy. Like he was apologizing for something else. Something more. “I need to go,” I said through tears as I tried to gather my feet under me and stand up. “You can't leave." He said and my head snapped towards him in disbelief. He backpedaled immediately upon seeing the look on my face and raised his hands in a display of innocence, “No no. I meant, it's not safe for you to leave the cabin right now, Alex. There's….” "I wasn't talking about leaving the cabin.” I interrupted, my eyes narrowed and coated with disdain. "Oh.” He said softly and put his hands down. I got up and so did he. Tears were still pouring down my face silently, pooling above my collarbone before dribbling down my shirt. I couldn't stop them. But I couldn't st