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.

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