His to Torment

HIS TO TORMENT ALEXA JORDAN HIS TO TORMENT By Alexa Jordan www.authoralexajordan.com [email protected] Copyright © March 2023 by Alexa Jordan First E-book Publication: March 2023 First Paperback Publication: March 2023 Photo provided by: WANDER AGUIAR :: PHOTOGRAPHY Designer: Kate Farlow with Y’all that Graphic Editor: The Ryter’s Proof Editing Services ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: The unauthorized reproduction, transmission, or distribution of any part of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. This literary work is fiction. Any name, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental. Please respect the author and do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials that would violate the author’s rights. 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CONTENTS Prologue Chapter 1 Willa Chapter 2 Felix Chapter 3 Willa Chapter 4 Felix Chapter 5 Willa Chapter 6 Felix Chapter 7 Willa Chapter 8 Felix Chapter 9 Willa Chapter 10 Felix Chapter 11 Willa Chapter 12 Willa Chapter 13 Felix Chapter 14 Willa Chapter 15 Felix Chapter 16 Willa Chapter 17 Felix Chapter 18 Felix Chapter 19 Willa Chapter 20 Felix Chapter 21 Willa Chapter 22 Willa Chapter 23 Felix Chapter 24 Felix Chapter 25 Willa Chapter 26 Willa Epilogue Sneak Peek of Room Twenty-Three More books by Alexa Jordan About the Author CONTENT WARNING These content notes are made available here so readers can inform themselves if they want to. Some readers might consider these as ‘spoilers’, particularly for the detailed trigger warnings. In this case, there are major spoilers in the headlines too. If you don’t like spoilers, look away. You’ve been warned. Abuse (physical and sexual) Attempted rape BDSM Blood/Violence Dubious Consent Excessive or gratuitous violence (i.e. torture) Kidnapping (forceful deprivation of/disregard for personal autonomy) Pregnancy: Side character Rape: On Page, described in detail Sexual Assault Slut Shaming Torture PROLOGUE WILLA “You’re bleeding!” I screech as I drop to my knees, my hands fluttering around Felix’s body, searching for the source. A few moments ago, we were making breakfast and planning to have a quickie on the kitchen table while we wait for the timer to go off. Then crash. The window shatters, and Felix pushes me under the table, protecting me with his body. I’ve been waiting on pins and needles for something like this to happen, but after two years, I figured they’d forget about us and the sick games they’ve been playing with me and my sister. I asked Felix a million times where my sister was and what their plans for her were, but he didn’t know. I don’t know how she’s doing. If she’s living happily, protected and safe, or if they’re holding her hostage somewhere. I knew it was a gamble to run away with Felix, but I couldn’t stay there. There was no doubt in my mind that they’d have done something more to me than they already had. Something that would’ve had me wishing for death. “Fuck. That hurts.” He grunts, knocking over the table to give us a little more cover as bullets continue to rain down on us. “It’s not supposed to tickle, that’s for sure,” I snap back, not knowing what to do with all the emotions swirling around inside me. My knees press into the floor, shards of glass cutting into my skin as I rip my shirt over my head and press it hard against his shoulder. Felix has been my only constant through all of this. The only person I know has my best interest at heart. Yeah, he stalked me and delivered me to Joseph, but that was before. The tears pooling in my eyes slip free as I’m reminded of the last three years of my life. I thought this was over. I thought we were finally free of his family’s grasp, but I should’ve known better. We are up against Joseph Bianchi, the man of your nightmares. There was no way he was going to let my escape go unpunished. “I thought we’d have more time.” I whimper as Felix struggles to stand, pulling a small pistol from behind his back. His face contorts in pain for a moment before it quickly disappears. He’s trying to be strong, not wanting me to worry like he always does, but I know better. He’s concerned, or maybe the better word is apprehensive, about our chances of making it out of here alive. We got comfortable, living in an almost perfect small town outside of Chicago. I’d gotten a job, under an assumed name, of course, and things were good. Better than good, but there was a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that they wouldn’t let this go. “There’s no time,” he growls, firing off a few shots before ducking back down behind the table and holding his hand out toward me. “We need to move.” My vision begins to blur. The only sound I can hear is the white subway tiles covering the opposite wall shattering, splintering into tiny little pieces as they come crashing to the floor. My chest tightens as I panic, staring at Felix’s outstretched hand. I know I should reach out and grab it, but I’m frozen in place as my mind goes back to the night my life changed forever. If only I went right home after work, if I’d gone to see Celia like she begged me to do, or