Lahat ng Kabanata ng Coming Out of the Deep : Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

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

Lux's POVLake scrambled for his phone so fast he nearly knocked over his tray. I watched, frozen, as he angled the screen toward his face and flipped the camera, his expression changing in an instant.His lips parted, his breath catching, and his shoulders tensed, while his eyes, still fixed on the screen, clouded with what I could only describe as fear.“Lake—” I began to say that maybe it was nothing, but we should go to the infirmary to have his eyes checked out, but before I could finish, he shot up from the table.“I need to go,” he said quickly, his voice barely above a whisper, and I tried to speak again, to ask if I could go with him. But he was already on his way to the cafeteria doors, moving too fast.I stood, grabbing my phone, nearly knocking over my own tray in the process. “Lake!” He didn’t stop. “Stay there!” he called back without turning around. “I’ll be back.” And then he was gone.I stood there for a moment, phone clutched to my chest, heart pounding so hard that

Lake's POV Every muscle in my body tensed as I watched the asshole's disdainful expression while the word he just whispered reverberated inside my head. The only way he would say that was if he saw Kairos , and I looked at Kairos , who looked at me innocently, my heart rate rising.I had not given it much thought because I was still shocked and angry from the entire confrontation. Of course, they saw Kairos 's unnatural movements and felt his strength.“Fuck!” I mentally cursed, realizing we had a new problem on our hands. But before I could spiral any further, Mr. Harland's voice broke through the air."What happened today is unacceptable," he stated, pushing away from the desk and pacing slowly in front of us."And the fact that the five of you refuse to speak despite obvious injuries to the other party implies that you intended to harm and makes this situation look very bad for you."He paused, and I turned back to face my mate, who smiled reassuringly at me even though I could te

Lux's POV My mouth went dry at the sight of Reed and his smile faded into concern the second he took a real look at me. He closed the gap like he couldn’t help himself, eyes scanning my face as gently as his voice. “Are you okay?” he asked, almost cautiously.But my mind was in such disarray that I could hardly hear him. ’You’re not cheating on him,’ I quickly told myself. ‘You’re not even his girlfriend. You haven’t had that conversation’.But then my inner voice doubled down and reminded me of the kiss, of how I knew what his intentions were, and of the obvious looks he gave me. He became increasingly concerned with each passing second that passed without an answer, but instead of putting him out of his misery, I stared at him, into his eyes, looking for any sign that what I felt for Alec meant what I felt for Reed couldn't be real.I searched for any indication that I was not interested in Reed and that it was something I made up to avoid dealing with how Alec had disappointed me.

Lake's POVBy the time we got to my dorm, I was barely managing to stay upright. My body ached all over, each step sending sharp jolts up my leg, but Kairos didn’t let go of me. His arm stayed firm around my waist as he guided me inside and helped me straight to my bed. I winced as I sat, trying not to groan out loud from the soreness wrapping around every inch of me and Kairos crouched down and gently tugged off my shoes, setting them aside before reaching for my comforter and pulling it over me. The warmth was immediate, but not enough. I was still shivering, and I realized I should have gone with the pain injections rather than the pills; they were not working fast enough, and I doubted they would be effective by this point."Are you cold?" Kairos asked, brushing some hair from my brow, and I admitted that I was. He offered to make me coffee, but I doubted he knew how to use the coffee machine since he did not drink hot coffee, so I asked for some water instead so I could take so