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You’re delusional.

Bratvabloodline

Am I? Tell me, when you post about men who tie you up, blindfold you, who take what’s theirs—are you thinking about someone specific?

My chest tightens, my pulse stuttering as I stare at the words on the screen.

I gotta go.

I slam my laptop shut as if that could sever the connection, but it’s too late. The words are already in my head, echoing in his voice, lingering in the spaces where I don’t want them.

The worst part is, I can’t stop the thought that creeps in, unbidden and unwanted.

Is it him I think about?

Chapter 7

RODION

I smirkas her message goes dead, the little notification telling me she’s offline.

She’ll come back. She always does.

Leaning back in my chair, I tap my thumb on the screen, scrolling through her posts—words she thought she shared for strangers to see but were maybe actually meant for someone likeme.

She can lie to me all she wants. I know the truth.

And I’ll wait.

For now.

Chapter 8

EMBER

I slept like shit.

First, the messages from… whoever he is.

The hot, tattooed badass with the mark of the Bratva on him. It’s… starting to feel more and more like he’s telling the truth.

He was on my roof.

But he didn’t hurt me. He didn’t even touch me. So far, all he’s done is shamelessly flirt, give me an insanely expensive camera I’ve been researching online, like he’s hacked into my search history.

Oh, god. If he looked into my search history… my cheeks flame.

No, wait.I shake my head and drop my forearm across my face. Hecame to my home,which means he looked me up and found my address.

I blink my eyes open, my vision blurry, and blink again.

This is…different. Shawn never leaves me alone. Shawn finds every one of my locations and even though he leaves me for months at a time, he always resurfaces like a relentless weed, immune to being plucked and destroyed.

But this guy…

I sit up in bed, staring at my phone plugged into the bedside table like it’s a snake coiled to bite me.

I’m kind of embarrassed he knows where I live. I don’t even know the guy, but there’s a reason I film all of my videos in front of the bookshelf or on the rooftop.

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