Blitz'd (Evergreen University, #1)

by Lee McCormick

He steps closer to me and tilts his head up. It takes me a second to realize what he’s doing, and I freeze under his touch when he runs his lips along my skin and the swelling on my cheek. A small shiver zips up my spine when his mouth brushes against the cut at the corner of mine before his lips land gently on my own. The kiss tastes like blood, and I can’t help but think as he slips his arms around me and steps into me, that this is the first time someone has ever comforted me after Dad hit me. I open my mouth and let him trail his tongue between my lips, let him lick against the roof of my mouth and my shredded jaw with a tenderness I don’t really know how to process but I find myself craving. I want this. I didn’t realize I was becoming addicted to the way Zander cares, but I was. I am. I’m not sure I can live without it now. My arms wrap around him and I pull him closer to me, the violent beating of his heart telling me he can feel whatever this is that’s happening is different. This kiss is different. Fuck, it’s different. It means more. It almost feels like a first kiss all over again, because I’m doing it knowing that I want to keep doing it forever. I want to keep him forever. When he pulls back, I chase his mouth and bite his lower lip before letting him go. He’s flushed again, his eyes warm, his pupils slightly dilated. But it doesn’t stop him from leaning forward and brushing his mouth against the bruise on my jaw one more time.