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Chapter 67: A Land Maiden
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Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 71: Butterflies
Lake's POV The alarm buzzed beside me, dragging me out of sleep with its persistent sound. I groaned softly, eyes fluttering open to a new day, and the first thing I saw made me forget about the annoying sound entirely.Kairos was already awake, propped up on his elbow beside me and watching me. His eyes were soft, lit by something warm, and I blinked through the haze of sleep, a groggy smile tugging on my lips at the sight of my soulmate.“Good morning,” I rasped, my voice still thick with sleep, and he leaned in and kissed me gently, a soft press of lips that made my heart stir in my chest. His hand lingered on my cheek afterward, his thumb grazing against my skin as if he could not stop touching me.“Why’re you looking at me like that?” I asked, squinting up at him to divert his attention away from the blushing mess I had become.“Because you’re beautiful,” he whispered. “And you’re mine… and I love you.”Well, that definitely didn’t help, and my chest bloomed at that, a fresh wav
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 70: No Gag Reflex
Lake's POV Kairos's words made my stomach turn. I didn’t know what I expected him to say, and I opened my mouth, ready to ask what that meant, but he wasn’t done. “I wanted to tell him,” he said, his voice urgent. “I wanted to tell him badly and I promise I’m not backing out. I just... I felt like it wasn’t the place.”He paused, then walked over to the sofa and sank down, leaning forward and burying his face in his hands.“I’ll make time,” he whispered. “I’ll trLake home and come out to them properly, the way I should. I meant what I said—I’m choosing you. I just thought… it would be easier somehow. I assumed Darian would have already told them everything and all I needed to do was not deny it. And when I realized he hadn’t… that it was up to me… I just…”He trailed off, his voice thinning as if it could not take the strain of his thoughts anymore, and I moved closer to him. Sitting beside him, I reached out and took his hand in mine, causing him to look up.“It’s okay,” I said soft
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 69: Faith
Kairos's POV By the time we returned to the dorm, the sky had turned a quiet ink-blue over the campus. And my thoughts turned to Lake, who I knew was probably waiting to hear from me before glancing at Darian who walked beside me, hands stuffed into his pockets.We were returning from seeing our father off. He never liked the surface; it was too dry, too exposed, and too unfamiliar. So, even though it was late and Reed's father, Micah, suggested he stay the night, he declined.The sea was treacherous at night, but he had not trLakeed alone. The royal guards remained in the water, which provided some comfort. Now it was just me and Darian, and I unlocked the door and let us in. We had not talked much since leaving the ocean, and I didn't want to continue walking around with all of this between us.So I turned towards him. “Why didn’t you expose me?” I asked, closing the door behind us, and Darian sank into the couch. He did not look at me right away, instead staring at the floor, as i
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 68: Afraid
Lux's POV "Thank you for the good time," I told Alec as he pulled up in front of my dorm, and he responded, "You are welcome."I added, "Enjoy the remainder of your day," and he reciprocated. Exiting the car, I went inside, where I was met with silence and wondered if Lake was still not home.As if he heard my thoughts, he called out, asking if that was me, to which I confirmed, a smile spreading across my face. I missed him, and it felt like we had not talked in a long time, even though we had seen each other. But the mental breakdown I had made everything feel weird."Knock, knock," I said softly, standing by his open door, and he told me to come in. "Hey," he said, and I responded by sitting next to him while he placed the box he had on the bed, which I saw was a phone."Did you buy a new phone?" He replied that it was for Kairos, which made me smile knowingly as I looked at the phone.I offered to help him wrap it after he mentioned that Kairos had misplaced his phone at the beac
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 67: A Land Maiden
Reed's POV I stood there, staring at Kairos, his eyes distant after he mentioned his father was coming. I swallowed and asked with a low voice. "Are you ready?" Kairos’s gaze didn’t shift; he didn’t even look at me as he answered. “I have to be.”He walked over to the sofa and sat down with a calm I knew was only on the surface, and I followed suit, but the silence between us did not last long. Not even a minute had passed before the front door clicked shut. Then there were footsteps, and we both got back up.Even before I saw him, I could feel the air pressure change, like gravity had doubled. The door opened, and my father entered first, followed by the mer king. Everything in the room seemed to shrink around the king as the atmosphere thickened. And I had no idea if I would ever get used to his aura.The king was terrifying, and otherworldly, just like his sons. He had a pale, pearl-like glow to his skin. His golden eyes glistened as though they contained whole storms beneath thei
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 66: Regret
Lux's POV "I care because...because I am in love with you, Lux." My heart skipped, my fingers tightening around the bouquet as the festival's noise faded around me as if the world had gone silent. I blinked.“What?” It came out barely above a whisper. I had no idea what I was expecting when I asked how he knew. Perhaps I expected him to say he overheard me say it somehow. Perhaps it was a wild guess. But that he was in love with me? I definitely was not expecting that."I mean it," he said quickly, rushing into the silence I left behind, and his eyes held no secrets. Emotions swirled around them, including what looked like hope and fear. There was no smirk, no bravado. There was none of the cocky confidence Alec usually wore, just this vulnerable, messy, painfully sincere version of him.“I didn’t realize what it was at first. And when I did, it scared the hell out of me. I convinced myself it was only physical, and I was misinterpreting everything else. But then last night I couldn’
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 65: Care
Alec's POV Opening the door, I saw a man wearing a blue windbreaker with a brown cardboard box in his hands. "Package for Mr. Lockwood... Lake Lockwood?" he asked, reading from his phone, and I informed him that Lake wasn't in. "But this is his dorm, and you can leave the package with me, and I will give it to him," I said.The guy nodded. “Hang on.” He turned his back a little and muttered into the phone as he dialed Lake. After a few seconds, he faced me once more. “Please sign here for me.” I signed on the small screen after he took my name.He then gave me the box and I walked back in after thanking him, closing the door. Still sitting on the couch, Lux was examining the package in my hands with her eyebrows up, and I held it up saying. "It is for Lake. I’ll just drop it in his room.”“Thanks,” she said. “If you don’t mind.”“Not at all.”I walked down the short hall, set the box on Lake’s desk, and came back out… And that’s when it came crashing back that I was just about to con
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 64: Stumbling and Stammering
Reed's POV Closing the door behind me, the click echoed louder in my chest than it did in the hallway. I leaned back against it, allowing my head to rest for a moment before exhaling a breath I had not realized was trying to escape. My face lit up with a smile that would not go away no matter how hard I tried. I could still feel my heart thumping in my chest as if it had not been informed that the conversation was over. She remembered the kiss, and she was not sorry that it had happened.I'd been sweating bullets the entire time, thinking that I'd have to persuade her that it was part of the hallucination, too, or else she would feel some type of way about it. But she didn’t; instead, she blushed, and when I kissed her hand, she didn’t pull away.She was feeling me, feeling us, and I practically floated down the hallway like my feet didn’t belong on the ground at that thought. My mind was already racing ahead to Friday, where I would take her, and how I would make the evening perfec
Coming Out of the Deep Chapter 63: Naïve
Alec's POV I stopped as well, even though I clearly heard her ask Reed to stay. However, my feet seemed to lock in place on their own.Both of them turned to look at me as if I were stuck in the wrong scene, and Lux's brows lifted slightly, her eyes squinting in confusion. It was the most intense minute of my life. "Um, Reed. "I am talking to Reed," she said, visibly perplexed despite her efforts not to show it. And I cleared my throat as a reflex to relieve the tension."Yeah. Of course," I muttered, swallowing hard as I stepped back out, the door closing slower than intended. I just stood there, hand still on the handle, heart racing as I stared at the white paint of the door like it would crack open and show me what was happening on the other side. What did she need him for?I was grateful Lake did not look back as he walked toward the front. I stayed there for maybe ten seconds—maybe thirty, I don’t even know. Then I moved. I told myself I was being ridiculous… weird, but before
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