I tap out a reply and hit send before I can second-guess myself.
 
 I’m already living in your fucking world. And I think both of us know that.
 
 My heart feels like it’s lodged somewhere up near my throat.
 
 Suddenly I feel like I’m intoxicated even though I haven’t taken anything.
 
 Are you telling me that you’re mine, Rayne?
 
 I’m saying I want more.
 
 My hands shake a little as I press thesendbutton.
 
 But I’m also already hard, just sitting here alone sending texts to someone I shouldn’t.
 
 My body is shot through with adrenaline but also hit with a type of clarity I haven’t ever felt anywhere but on the football field.
 
 I don’t know what I’m doing. But I know my body is responding like I’ve just been plugged into an electrical socket.
 
 Don’t tell me that unless you mean it.
 
 And you doubt my honesty?
 
 Tell. Me. What. You. Want.
 
 I fucking want ALL of you, Hunter. I want everything.
 
 No you don’t.
 
 Need me to prove it?
 
 My blood is hot as I wait for a response.
 
 A minute ticks by.
 
 And then another.
 
 I’m so turned on my cock is aching even though I haven’t touched it, and I feel like the world is going to swallow me whole.
 
 I keep reading over the texts I sent.
 
 What is wrong with me?
 
 And why don’t I care?
 
 Ten minutes later, I hear the front door of Onyx House swing open.
 
 Footsteps come down the floorboards, and I see Hunter’s figure walk into the open archway near the reading room before he glances inside.
 
 His eyes focus on me when he sees me there.
 
 He looks angry. And he looks so fucking good it makes my chest ache.
 
 I am fucked.
 
 I am so fucked.
 
 He walks under the low arch and comes inside, keeping his eyes on me. This man truly could kill me, and that’s not even the biggest concern.