Page 13 of Untamed
I’d enjoy learning you, Ember. Thoroughly.
My breath hitches. My hands tremble as I read and reread the words, heat rushing to my face.
I swallow hard, my mind racing, my nerves alive.
Bratvabloodline
Keep talking. Or better yet, stop talking and let me tell you what happens next.
I shouldn’t reply.
What am I doing?
Every instinct screams at me to stop, to delete the conversation and forget this ever happened. When I don’t respond, he sends me another message.
Bratvabloodline
Behave yourself or you’ll find out in vivid detail.
And just like that, I’m not just hooked.
I’m trapped.
Nope. I will not reply. I have to get ahold of myself and be reasonable here.
I grab myself another beer, even as every instinct in me warns me to stop.
There is one of two options here: He’s lying, and I shouldn’t have any interaction with a man who lies. I don’t do relationships, but I most especially don’t do relationships with unreliable, self-centered liars.
Or two. He’snot,which means… I should stay far, far away.
An hour passes.
Two.
My phone buzzes when I’m tagged in another video. I stare at my phone in the corner of the couch, as I dutifully try to ignore it and stare at my book instead.
But the real-life story is so much more interesting than the one I’m reading. I finally can’t resist anymore and pick up the phone again.
He tagged me in another video.
Chapter 3
RODION
I wake up determined.Today, I’ll make choices my brothers can respect—choices that prove I’m more than the reckless, impulsive wildcard they expect.
This is the day I turn things around.
Last night, when she wouldn’t reply to my messages anymore, I tagged her in another video. And even though I get the notification that she watched it, she still didn’t reply to me.
I roll over, and something cold hits my chest. My phone. I shake my head at it and push it under a pillow near my head.
Nope.
Get away from me.
I spent all night flirting with a woman I’ve never met and never will, letting her words slip into places they have no business being.
