บททั้งหมดของ Coming Out of the Deep : บทที่ 151 - บทที่ 160

Lux's POV “Yes, I did," Lake replied that he found the code, and I laughed, asking how he got in when he went to get the boat. He had told me that he would get it there. He said he leaped over the gate.“Oh my God! And the whole time you had the password on your phone.”We arrived at Kairos’s place, and Lake opened the gate and let us in. The place was huge, and we went inside the house, which was beautiful.But he said I hadn’t seen anything when I complimented the house. He then took my hand and led me through the corridor, and my eyes widened at what we found on the other side.“Wow." I had never seen a pool like this, and Lake said he’d said the same thing when he first saw it. He gave me a tour of the house, one I was eager for, but I couldn’t help but ask if it was okay and if Kairos wouldn’t mind.It felt awkward roaming his home’s corridors without him. But Lake said Kairos wouldn’t mind. He said Darian, maybe, but not Kairos, and I both looked at each other and laughed after

Third-party POVLake scrambled to get up, dizzy from the back of his head hitting the wall, but he didn’t make it to his feet; he was ripped off the ground with such speed that a violent surge of vomit burst from his mouth.His body lurched, weightless, and he was airborne before he could process what was happening. His eyes widened in sheer shock just as he was hurled into the water with crushing force.The cold hit him first, then the blur of motion. The Mer King was on him again, giving him no chance to breathe, and Lake barely caught sight of the glowing trident before they plunged deep into the sea, its harsh light cutting through the darkness like a blade.The ocean floor rushed up to meet them, and Lake’s body hit the sand so hard the impact reverberated through his bones. A thick plume of debris exploded around him... sand, rock, and broken shell fragments spiraling outward like a shattered halo.His body thrashed violently as he fought to escape. Gills or not, he was drowning

Reed's POV I woke to my father shaking my shoulder, his voice low but urgent. “Reed,” he said. “Did you see what’s happening?” I blinked, disoriented, my mouth dry.“No. What’s happening?”He turned and said over his shoulder, “Come. Look for yourself.” And I climbed out of bed, dragging my feet after him, my chest tight with unease.We stepped onto the balcony, and he handed me a pair of binoculars while the cold breeze bit through my thin pajamas as I raised them to my eyes, which widened. The sea wasn’t just churning, it was roaring, and just then, as if on cue, the sirens blared over the city.Waves surged unnaturally high, spilling over seawalls, tearing through barriers like paper, and my grip on the binoculars faltered. My stomach twisted as I recalled the night Kairos and Darian fought, praying this had nothing to do with Kairos.I had been restless since taking Kairos back to the ocean, nervous about the blowback when he told his family about him and Lake. And it became wors

Third-party POVThere was a pause after Valanthria's words before the Mer king lost it. He asked, "Why his son?" adding that his son was meant to be king; he was his firstborn.But Valanthria didn’t let the king speak; she rose just as he had done, asking whose son would have been the good choice to sacrifice.The Mer king thought she was making a mistake, asking why Kairos was his first, the one marked king, if he had to be a sacrifice.“Who told you that a firstborn has to be king, my king?” Valanthria asked, causing the king to pivot toward her with a blazing stare.Valanthria asked again before he could say anything. Which son, my king, paid attention to you all the time? And which son did you have to repeatedly say the same thing to before he would comply with your wishes?She shot him a knowing glance, and the king opened his mouth to speak, but his gaze strayed to Darian, who looked back at him.Valanthria closed the gap between her and the Mer king. “You have always known who

Lake's POV “How is this possible?” my father whispered, looking at Kairos, and I told him. I sat in front of him and explained what Kairos was, and by the time I finished, he was more in awe than afraid, which made me relieved.Then, Kairos shifted back and wrapped the sheet around himself because he had torn his pants, and we didn’t have a spare, as we had fled in the clothes we were wearing.“Is this why you’re here? Did he get discovered?” my dad asked, and I said yes. But we didn’t get discovered by the world like he assumed. I told him Kairos’s father had found out and disapproved of me dating Kairos.My father had heard news about the sea spilling out and the damage, of course, and I explained to him that it was Kairos’s father.He looked at Kairos with a sad expression and then back at me, and I could see that this was still too much for him.Looking back at Kairos, he told him he was sorry his father felt that way, that his world wasn’t as free as ours. He then continued to s