Blitz'd (Evergreen University, #1)

by Lee McCormick

Jealousy. Jealousy. It’s a word I’ve never thought about. Something that never factored into my makeup. I’ve never looked at someone else and said I’m angry because I want what you have. If I want something, I just take it. There’s no room for question or discussion. But I find myself staring when Zander is on the dance floor, enraged and enraptured while he lets some random girl grind all over him, wrap her hands around him, touch his cock. Jealousy. Is that what this is? If it is, I fucking hate it. It’s a thing that burns all along my chest, snaking around my spine like some dark demon that wants to make a home at the base of my skull and whisper vitriol. It tells me to take, take, take what’s mine and don’t stop until I brand my name along every inch of his skin. It makes me move forward when I’d intended to watch him get all worked up and fail. It makes my fingers on his arm rougher than they should be, my voice a ragged growl that betrays the emotions ripping through me. Maybe that’s the real draw to Zander Braithe—these emotions. I’ve never felt anything like it, never felt anything so intense. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” I see it, the second his eyes widen and his breath catches. I watch it dance across his face in little splotches of red that chase disbelief, desire, and finally settle on annoyance. He likes this. “Exactly what I said I would do, Slade. Did you like the picture? I’m working on⁠—” I’m not thinking clearly when I use my grip to tw...