Coming Out of the Deep
He straddled me, his hips swirling in slow, maddening circles. His body was right there, pressing into mine, and I couldn’t escape it; I didn’t want to. His hands found mine and guided them to his chest, and when my palms touched his warm skin, I was gone.
My pulse was a blur of frantic beats pounding in my ears, drowning out the crowd's cheers and whistles. With his face inches from mine, Alec leaned in. His breath ghosted over my lips, his smile, cocky, knowing, playful, and somehow tender all at once.
“You okay there?” he asked with an amused tone, and I opened my mouth, desperate to say something—anything—but nothing came out. My throat was dry, my skin was on fire and my mind was completely blank.
All I could do was stare at him, completely mesmerized by how his body moved against mine and that wicked smirk on his lips. Before I knew it, heat pooled low in my belly, spreading downward, and I instinctively clenched my thighs together to stop the throbbing that ignited between my legs, but it was too late as I dampened the soft leather.
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Chapter: Chapter 50: Bleeding Kairos's POVThe sea continued to recede behind me, dragging itself back to its proper place as I burst through the water. But the damage had been done. The sand was littered with seaweed and broken objects, including wood, metal scraps, and shattered glass. The beach was no longer a beach; it was a graveyard, and I stumbled forward, blinking rapidly.My vision on land was poor at night. I could see a grain of sand shift miles away in the water, but up here, everything blurred into a dull muddled mess. The same was true for all merpeople. However, I was able to see enough of the destruction.The road that once ran along the beach had vanished beneath the mud and water. Houses in the distance sagged, their lights out while sirens sounded somewhere far away, with people yelling and car alarms blaring.I could hear the panic, the frantic scrambling of people trying to save whatever they could, and I wished I could tell them how sorry I was.But there was no time to dwell on regrets. My h
Last Updated: 2025-05-05
Chapter: Chapter 49: Heartbreak Third-Party POVAlec held Lux tighter as she sobbed against his chest, her body trembling even as he held her tightly. His heart was racing from the dawning terror creeping into the corners of his mind as Lake's phone went unanswered. Her words sounded insane, especially because he had just spoken to Reed, who sounded very much alive a moment ago.But why was Lake not picking up his phone? Was he with Reed? Still holding her in one arm, he dialed Reed's number, but it went straight to voicemail. His stomach twisted. "Come on, come on…" he muttered, swallowing hard as he attempted Kairos.“Shit!” he whispered. He called Darian as well, but his phone went directly to voicemail. "I'm going to check the dorm," Alec said quietly, brushing her damp hair back from her face as Lux looked up. “Maybe Lake’s back—”“No.” Lux shook her head frantically. “No, I’m not going back there.”“Lux—”“No!” She cried out louder this time, pulling back to look at him. “You didn’t see what I saw, Alec! I’m n
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Chapter: Chapter 48: HellThird-Party POVReed emerged from the ocean with Lake in his arms, salt stinging his eyes and throat as he gasped for air. But his relief was shattered when he looked up and saw hell.The road they had been driving on was no longer there. Entire stretches of asphalt were submerged, with only broken street signs and lampposts sticking out from the raging water. Their cars floated like forgotten toys, and Reed's heart lurched in his throat as he looked at his own car.Further up, a gas station was half-buried in the water, with fuel pumps bobbing like corpses, and he could not believe his eyes. Houses along the curve of the road were drowning, and the water was not just coming in waves; it was surging and he realized he needed to get away.His feet sank into the muddy slope of the shoreline as he adjusted Lake's limp body, feeling for his pulse, which he found. "Hang in there, man," he said quietly, adjusting Lake over his shoulder.His legs pumped furiously as he dashed through the ris
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Chapter: Chapter 47: FuryThird-Party POVLux was still frozen in the crashing waves, staring at the impossible vision in front of her, when the world was suddenly swallowed up in darkness again.The lightning was gone and Kairos, or whatever version of Kairos she had seen, vanished into the black. That was when the terror truly sank in.Her breath hitched and caught in her throat. The image of Kairos, the one with the tail suspended in the storm, burned itself into her memory like a curse. She had no idea what she had seen, but she knew one thing for certain: she needed to get out of there.Her feet pivoted before her mind could and sand kicked up behind her as she sprinted away from the shore, wild and ungraceful. Her knees buckled once, but she caught herself scrambling forward in the pitch black.The water's roar faded behind her, and her own ragged breaths became quiet, leaving only the pounding of her heart, which thrashed in her chest as if trying to claw its way out.A voice screamed in her head, "Run!
Last Updated: 2025-04-30
Chapter: Chapter 46: A Twisted NightmareLake's POVI watched Darian as he directed the car to pull over to the side of the road, his movements remaining eerily calm. My hands clenched in my lap as he stepped out and shut the door without saying anything, and I leaned forward, looking around for Kairos.But it was not just dark, but pitch black. There were no lights along this stretch of the beach, and no signs of life either. The only thing I could see was the ocean ahead, and the sound of it crashing and churning filled my ears, becoming louder with each passing second.I stared out, my heart racing, as Darian began walking down to the water, his steps unhurried. Pushing the door open, I stepped outside, my feet crunching into the sand as I took a step forward, but then I came to a halt.My legs would not allow me to move. "Is he over there?" I called out, pointing ahead into the darkness, hoping, needing Darian to say something that would calm my racing nerves and give me the courage to continue, and he stopped."Yes," he
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Chapter: Chapter 45: Pleading Kairos's POVI lost all sense of reason and direction as Lake's phone rang and rang without an answer, and I removed my phone from my ear, checked the screen as if that would change anything before hitting redial. However, there was still nothing."Come on, come on," I muttered, pacing in a circle before coming to a complete stop. I couldn’t find my car keys. My heart slammed so hard it hurt as if it was trying to punch its way out of my chest, as I ran back to Darian's side of the dorm, still calling Lake as the phone rang again.The door was still ajar from before, and I saw his car keys immediately as I stumbled in and I snatched them without a moment’s pause. I had no shoes on. Just my pajama bottoms, but I didn’t care.My mind was too loud, my thoughts too jumbled, and I did not even try to hide my superhuman speed as I leaped down the staircase. There was no time to run like a human now. "Please help me," I begged any power that would listen, switching back to calling Darian as
Last Updated: 2025-04-29
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