All Chapters of Taming the Alpha CEO: Mine to Ruin: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

53 Chapters

41: Banished

My face was on fire.That was the first coherent thought I had after Selene’s hand connected with my cheek—everything else was just white noise and the taste of copper flooding my mouth.I stumbled back and caught myself on the sink and my hip slammed into the marble edge hard enough that I knew I’d have a bruise the size of Texas tomorrow but I didn’t care because my vision was blurring.I wasn’t crying because I was hurt or scared or any of those things you probably expected me to feel right now.I was crying because I was so unbelievably furious that my body didn’t know what else to do with it.I straightened up and touched my lip where it had split open and my fingers came away red.“He broke it off,” I said and my voice didn’t shake which felt like a small victory. “That’s on him, not me.”“Because of YOU.” She shrilled. “That announcement? You manipulated him into choosing some pathetic human over his own kind—”“I didn’t even know he was going to—”She still had the coffee cup

42: Over Everything

Astrid I wiped my face with the back of my hand and and I wiped it again on my skirt because I didn’t want anyone to see me like this but the tears kept coming anyway no matter how many times I told myself to stop.My nose was running and that was even more humiliating and I used my sleeve to wipe it and tried to focus on breathing through my mouth.Rhys turned away from the door where Kade had dragged Selene out and when he looked at me“Let me see.”He crossed the bathroom before I could tell him I was fine and his hands were on my face tilting my head back so he could look at my throat.His thumb traced along my neck where Selene’s claws had dug in and I flinched because it stung and I saw his jaw clench so hard I heard his teeth grind.“I should have killed her.” “I’m fine,” I tried to say but my voice came out all scratchy and weird.He didn’t respond instead he slid one arm under my knees and the other behind my back and lifted me up.“I can walk—”“I don’t care.”I was too ti

43: The Mansion & Vulnerability

The car ride was silent except for the hum of the engine and every few seconds I’d catch him looking at me out of the corner of my eye like he thought I might vanish if he looked away too long.I kept my face pressed against the window and tried not to think about the fact that Selene’s handprint was probably still visible on my throat.My ribs hurt every time I breathed in too deep.We pulled through the gates and I expected him to take me to the mansion but instead the car kept going past the main building and down a different road I’d never been on before.“Where are we going?”“I have an apartment on the east side of the property.” He didn’t look at me. It turned out to be less of a house and more of a modern glass and steel structure that looked like something out of an architecture magazine.He helped me out of the car and his hand found my lower back again like it had been doing since we left his office and he guided me up the front steps and through a door that unlocked with

44: Dirty Tactics

The gym was in the basement and I didn’t even know this place had a basement until he led me down a set of stairs hidden behind what I thought was a closet door.It opened up into this massive space with equipment I’d only ever seen in professional gyms and mats covering half the floor and punching bags hanging from chains and mirrors along one wall that made everything look twice as big.I was wearing his shirt because I didn’t own workout clothes and it hung down past my hips and the shorts he’d found somewhere kept sliding down no matter how tight I tied the drawstring.He was in a black tank top and gray sweats and I tried not to stare at his arms but the tank top left absolutely nothing to the imagination and I failed spectacularly at looking anywhere else.“We start with basics.” He walked to the center of the mats. “How to fall without breaking your neck.”The next hours were just falling and rolling and getting back up and doing it again until every part of my body hurt in way

45: Lessons in Restraints

“That’s it.” His voice cut through the haze in my brain. “Let me hear you. Let me hear how much you like being used.”I should have been offended by that but instead it made me wetter and I rolled my hips to meet his thrusts and chased the friction.“Look at you.” There was something dark in his tone. “Grinding on my cock like you’re in wolf in heat. So desperate for it you’ll take whatever I give you.”“Please—” The word escaped before I could stop it.“Please what?” He thrust harder. “Use your words.”“I need—” But I couldn’t finish because my brain was shorting out.“You need to come?” His thumb found my clit through the fabric and pressed down. “Is that what you need?”“Yes—oh god yes—”“Then come.” His other hand went to my throat and squeezed just enough to make breathing difficult. The combination of pressure and friction and the slight restriction of oxygen sent me over the edge without warning.My orgasm hit like a freight train and I came so hard I actually screamed and my

46: Left on Read

He didn’t come back.I sat in that shower until the water ran cold and my skin pruned and my fingers went numb but he never came back and eventually I had to accept that he wasn’t going to.I wrapped myself in a towel and walked back to the bedroom dripping water everywhere and sat on the edge of his bed staring at the door willing him to walk through it.He didn’t.The house was silent except for the sound of my own breathing and the clock on the nightstand ticking away seconds that felt like hours.I waited.And waited.And waited.By the time the sun started setting I’d moved from worried to angry and by the time it was completely dark I’d cycled back to worried again because what if something had happened?I grabbed my phone and pulled up his contact and stared at it for a full minute before I finally hit call.It rang four times and went to voicemail.I didn’t leave a message because what would I even say?Hey where are you and also why did you fuck me dirty and then disappear?I

47: The Calm Before

I spun around with my heart in my throat ready to scream only to find Vanessa laughing like she’d just pulled off the funniest prank in history.“Oh my god your face!” She doubled over. “I’m sorry I couldn’t help it.”My heart was still trying to escape my chest. “That’s not funny.”“It’s a little funny.” She straightened up wiping her eyes. “Come on, let’s go inside before you have a heart attack.”She walked past me toward the coffee shop entrance and I followed her inside my legs still shaking from the adrenaline.The place was half full with the usual evening crowd. The smell of coffee and fresh pastries hit me and made my stomach twist because I’d forgotten to eat anything since breakfast.“You want something?” Vanessa was already at the counter pulling out her wallet.“Just tea.”She ordered herself some caramel macchiato thing with extra whip and my tea and we found a table by the window where I sat down and immediately started bouncing my leg under the table.Vanessa scrolled

48: The Monster’s Lair

Pain woke me up before consciousness did. My lip was split and swollen and tasted like copper, my cheekbone was throbbing where that woman had hit me, and every time I tried to breathe deeply my ribs screamed at me to stop. I tried to move my hands and couldn’t. Plastic bit into my wrists and when I pulled against it the pain got worse but nothing gave. Fuck. I forced my eyes open and immediately wished I hadn’t because the single bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling felt like someone was stabbing ice picks directly into my brain. I was sitting in a metal chair that was bolted to the floor and my hands were zip-tied behind the back of it and there was a camera on a tripod in the corner pointing directly at me with a little red light blinking. Oh god. Oh god oh god oh god. My stomach twisted and bile rose in my throat but I swallowed it down because throwing up while tied to a chair seemed like a really good way to choke to death. Think Astrid. Don’t panic just

49: Wrath and Ruin

Sebastian The velvet box was so small in my hand it almost didn’t seem real.The middle of the street was filled with emergency lights flashing red and blue across the pavement and EMTs loading what was left of the driver into an ambulance.Her blood was still on the pavement.Not much, just a few drops mixed with glass and motor oil, but I could smell it over everything else.I’d know her scent anywhere and smelling her blood made my wolf surge up in my chest that I had to physically force back down.“Rhys.”Kade’s voice came from somewhere to my left.The forensics team was still examining the sedan where it had come to rest half on the sidewalk. The front seat completely soaked in blood, windshield shattered outward, clear signs of a struggle inside based on how the steering wheel was bent.“Rhys, we need to move.” Kade stepped closer. “Viktor knows we’re here by now.”I didn’t respond.“We found her phone in the wreckage,” he continued. “Last message was from the rideshare app s

50: The Devil’s Bargain

Astrid “Stop.”The brute’s hands froze inches from my throat.I couldn’t process what was happening through the roaring panic in my ears except that he wasn’t touching me anymore and I could still breathe.Viktor stepped into the room and the brute straightened up immediately like a dog responding to its master’s command.“I changed my mind.” Viktor didn’t even look at him. “Get out.”The brute looked at me slumped against the wall and then back at Viktor and I saw frustration flash across his scarred face but he didn’t argue.Then it was just me and Viktor.Somehow that felt infinitely worse.He walked over slowly and crouched down in front of me and studied my face.“You’re still fighting.” He sounded almost impressed. “Even now when you’re terrified and bleeding and you thought you were about to be raped. There’s still defiance in those eyes. I can see why he is so obsessed with you.”I didn’t respond because my throat was closed up and I couldn’t have spoken if I wanted to.“I wa

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