Page 21 of Control Us (Next Generation 1)

(Zach)

These feelings coursing through me were new. Even though we had kissed already, I had never felt possessive of her. She was friends with guys. I knew that. Hell, she was friends with Ashton and Aiden. But when it came to someone I didn’t know, I turned into a damn caveman.

Luna had been the first female that I became friends with. Although I was friends with the other girls in our circle, it was never the same with them as it was with her. But now, as I watched Gigi pull her to a group of guys, my feet carried me to her before I knew what I was doing.

I shouldn’t care. We weren’t official. I wasn’t good enough for her. She deserved better.

“You’re pathetic. You deserve to spend the rest of your life alone, Toy.”

Memories from my past tried to force their way into my head but I shoved them back and let them give me the strength I needed to confront Luna. And why the hell had she been glaring at me? She must have heard something. Or she believed the rumors. I couldn’t blame her. It wasn’t like I ever denied them.

As I approached the group, Luna saw me first. Her eyes widened, her cheeks turning a bright shade of red.

A tall bastard who was staring down at her lasciviously, followed her line of sight.

“What the hell do you want, Porter?” he asked. What was his name? Brian? John? I couldn’t remember, and I also didn’t care.

You’re talking to my girl.

“I need to speak to Luna,” I said and walked away, knowing she would follow. The tone of my voice left no room for questioning.

“You didn’t have to be rude, Zach,” Luna said from behind me.

The fact that she followed me, stirred something inside of me. That alpha side. That side that wanted to protect her and ravage her all at the same time. The side that wanted to show her Iwasgood enough.

I moved across the yard and sat on a patio chair. As much as I wanted to pull her onto my lap, I didn’t for fear she would push me away. I couldn’t deal with that right now, knowing it would break me.

“Zach,” she repeated when I didn’t say anything.

“What, Luna?” My cock twitched at the hardness in her eyes. Her defiance always got to me. She was headstrong and knew what she wanted and didn’t care what she had to do to get it. Except for when it came to me. It was like there was a wall up between us and no matter what we did, we couldn’t break through it.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked, her cheeks reddening even more.

I stood from the chair, heading to the side of the house, needing to put some much-needed distance between us. I should have gone inside but there were too many people. There were too many damn people everywhere. And then they would ask questions. Questions I wasn’t ready to answer because I had no idea what the hell those answers were.

“Zach,” she pressed, following me. “What’s up with you?”

“You were talking to him,” I said.

“So?” She frowned. “Why do you care who I’m talking to?”

“Well…”Words, Porter. Use them. But I couldn’t. Words were lost on the tip of my tongue as Luna stared up at me with those chocolate brown eyes of hers. Fuck me, she was beautiful.

Her cheeks reddened even more.

It took everything in me not to rip her dress in half and see just how far down that blush went. Was she pink everywhere? My palms twitched, begging to run over her smooth skin.

Clearing my throat, I turned away from her and adjusted the semi I was now sporting.

“Hey.”

A gentle hand touched my shoulder and that was when I lost it.

Luna

ZACH SPUN ON ME,his eyes cold and deadly. Before I knew what was happening, he had me up against the wall.

“Zach,” I whispered, wanting to reach out to him but holding back instead.

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