Page 53 of Surge

The bleachers weren't like in the movies. These were state of the art stands that had a wall preventing you from slipping behind. There was a door though. I turned the knob and peeked inside. It was a storage area for lane ropes and other pool equipment.

"Where exactly did you look?" Jax was standing with his arms crossed over his chest.

I could still see the main pool from between the bleachers and the Tritons standing near the edge of it. They were still in their swimming gear.

"Literally every drawer and closet. She has a vibrator, by the way." Morgan laughed when Blake smacked his chest. "What? I thought you'd like to know that the vixen isn't so innocent."

My stomach dropped and I put my hand over my mouth, realizing he had been in my house and must have been looking for the knife. What else would they have been after?

"Are you sure she even had it?" Blake was wringing his hands at his sides and rocking on the balls of his feet.

"Yes, and Mo said that guy mentioned the knife. It has to be real." He ran his hand over his hair and then clamped a hand down on Blake's shoulder to get him to stop moving. "Just wait for the coach to come back through here."

"It hurts." Blake started jumping like he was getting ready for a race.

I couldn't stop myself from looking at their bodies in their swim jammers. It left nothing to the imagination.

"If you had sex more, that would help. Right, Jax?" Morgan laughed and moved away from Blake's fist. "Don't get mad at me for speaking the truth. Our dicks taking a little swim in a mouth or pussy does wonders."

"What are you three still doing here?" The swim coach came out from the locker room area with a bag over his shoulder. "Going to stay and swim some more? If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were born fish."

They all laughed uncomfortably. Jax held up a set of keys and jingled them. "You know it."

"I'll lock the front doors. The locker rooms are clear and the back doors locked. The custodian is cleaning the men’s locker rooms."

"Thanks, Coach." Jax threw the keys next to a towel and they waited in silence.

It must have been ten minutes and then all three dived into the water. I moved to the other end of the bleachers to get a better view of the pool.

My heart pounded as none of them resurfaced for air. I saw movement under the water but it was almost dark and they hadn't turned on the lights.

I took my phone out and set it to record. It was so hard to see anything in the dim light. A solid five minutes passed and I turned off my phone and crept back to the door.

What if they were in trouble? Would I be able to jump in and save them?

I exited from under the bleachers and walked toward the pool, which was dark, but I saw shadows moving. My brain didn't quite process the movement. It was much too fast to be human, but it had to be. I had seen them get in the pool.

All of a sudden, a shadow that had been darting through the water burst through the surface and landed on the other side of the pool.

I gasped and stumbled back, luckily correcting my footing before I fell. Had I not been a dancer and quick with my feet and balance, I would have.

It was so dark in the room now that I could only make out his shape. His head snapped around and his eyes met mine.

I'd seen those eyes before.

I screamed and took off toward the nearest door, which was the women's locker room.

I ran through to the outside exit, bumping into a bench on the way. "Fuck," I hissed, grabbing onto my knee. I limped the rest of the distance, the pain from my knee pulsating along with my rapidly beating heart.

I yanked the door open to find Morgan blocking my path, his hands gripping the door frame. Water was dripping down his body and his chest heaved.

How had he made it around the building so fast?

"What are you doing here so late, vixen?" He walked toward me and I backed up.

"I had-" My back hit a wall and he caged me in with his arms. "I forgot something in my locker. My mom is waiting for me in the parking lot."

It was the first thing that came to mind and I cringed. They didn't know for sure that my mom hadn't returned.

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