All Chapters of Coming Out of the Deep : Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Lake's POV Alec handed the phone to Reed, who walked past Kairos and me. The doctor must have realized something important had happened because he quickly told me he would come check on me again, giving me a look that indicated he expected to find me in my room, and I nodded.He walked away, and Kairos dashed over to Reed and Darian, who reviewed the footage. I didn’t miss how his eyes got misty. Reed turned to me and asked Alec to excuse us, motioning for Kairos and Darian to follow, who wasted no time.But I trailed behind them, giving Alec a grateful look that he didn’t say anything, but the look he gave me I still couldn’t describe. I could tell he was still reeling from what I had told him.I needed to inform Kairos that I had told him before Reed or Darian discovered that he knew. We got outside and Reed talked about their encounter with Riley and his group at the beach, adding that they were clearly going after Mira.The time on the video was before 3 am, which means Kairos wa

Lake's POV"No," I responded quickly, cutting Alec off before he could say anything else. “Lux doesn’t know. And she will not know. Not until Reed tells her himself."I was already feeling heat on my face, my stomach twisting with regret from the look in his eyes. It made me realize what a huge mistake I had made in telling him.“I shouldn’t have said anything to you either. Alec, please don't say anything.""I won't," he interrupted before I could finish my sentence. But I still gave him the look that said, "I do not trust you not to mess things up." He caught it instantly.“I swear,” he added more firmly this time, holding my gaze. “I won’t say a word. Not to anyone.”I exhaled, the tension easing slightly, but I was not completely convinced. Nonetheless, I had to believe him. I had no choice.Alec leaned back against his pillows and ran his hand through his hair. “I just… I can’t wrap my head around all of this.”I opened my mouth to say something reassuring, but he didn’t give me

Third-party POVWithout further delay, Reed turned and swallowed, but Kairos's mother spoke before he could follow through. "I will go." He paused and she spoke again, "They are my sons and I can get there faster."It would be better if she went. Reed learned that night that Kairos and Darian fought and that even though he could breathe underwater, he didn’t fare well when caught in their storms.However, she was a woman and he was a man. It had to be him. “It should be me,” he said. “There are humans on that boat. If anything goes wrong-” She opened her mouth to protest, but he stopped her. “I’ll go. I’ll be fine, I promise.”Without saying anything else, he pulled his shirt over his head and bolted from the control room, racing to the lower deck. He was halfway to the edge, ready to dive, when he heard a splash behind him.Spinning around, his heart lurched in his chest as two heads breached the water, tails shimmering in the dim lighting, one pulling the other close. "Darian?" Reed

Third-party POV Becca and Olivia entered the dorm silently, their minds still reeling from what they had witnessed. They had run all the way from Lux and Lake's dorm, stopping only when forced by their door. They sat, trying to catch their breath, each lost in her own thoughts. They did not say anything for about fifteen minutes until Becca broke the silence. "What? What did we see?" Olivia didn’t look at her at first. Her eyes remained fixed on the floor, her fingers absentmindedly digging into the soft leather of the couch before her voice broke into a whisper. “I don’t know.” Becca exhaled shakily and leaned back, looking at the ceiling. “The wounds… and that slimy stuff. It looked like… like something was tearing out of him. I’ve never seen anything like that. It reminded me of the alien movies we used to watch as kids back home." She paused, her thoughts jumbled together, before asking again, "Do you think it is an infection?" Despite Olivia's clear statement that she did

Lux's POVI sat in the sand, completely numb and the roar of the waves faded into a distant hum as Lake's words echoed in my mind. Kairos is a merman. He said it as if it were normal... that the slits on his torso were gills, that his body was changing, that he belonged to a world beneath the ocean now that I never even believed existed.My ears rang momentarily as I considered whether I had fallen asleep and dreamed of everything.After the whole ordeal, I needed answers before I could even breathe normally, so I had stepped out of the water and collapsed onto the sand. I had been so confused for so long that I was at my breaking point. And the questions were making me crazy.Lake told me everything, even acknowledging that I was not drugged the night I saw Kairos with a tail. I actually saw Kairos with a tail.I was not sure if I should be offended or hurt that Lake kept something so big from me. I didn't know if I should be scared or happy for him. I didn’t even know where to start