Surge - Maya Nicole Page 0,53

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.

He leaned forward so his mouth was by my ear. "You and I both know your mom isn't waiting for you."

A feeling of dread filled me and I tried to duck under his arm, but he put his arm across my upper chest, pinning me against the wall.

"Let me go." I kicked his shin, but he didn't flinch.

He cocked his head to the side and then leaned in close to my ear again. "What did you see?"

I gasped as his lips brushed against the shell of my ear. "What do you want from me?" I choked on the last word.

He ghosted his lips down my jaw until his face was hovering right in front of mine. He was a mere inch from kissing me.

"What do we want from you?" His voice was deep and breathy, and I bit back a whimper that threatened to escape. "Where's your father?"

"I d-don't know." I stared unblinkingly back at him. "I told you, I've never met him."

He laughed. "I find that hard to believe." He brought his other hand up to my face and cupped my cheek. "Don't make a sound."

Not a second later, one of the doors on the other side of the locker room opened. "Male custodian, any females?"

I opened my mouth to scream, but Morgan had already anticipated it and clamped a hand over my mouth. My screams were muffled and I tried to bite into his hand, but it was impossible.

I pulled at his arms to try to get free, but his upper body was built solid and he didn't move a muscle as the man whistled.

Morgan moved us toward the door and quickly opened it, shoved me outside, and had it shut before a scream could leave me.

I took off at a sprint toward the parking lot, trying to dig my keys out of my bag while running. They wouldn't really physically hurt me, would they?

My car lights blinked twice as I unlocked it and threw the door open, only to have the door slammed before I could get in.

"If it isn't the little minnow, trying to get away from the sharks." Jax made a disapproving sound. "You better run. Morgan likes to play hide-and-seek."

Fear pulsed through my veins and I ran back toward the gates. My bag slipped off my shoulder, but I ignored it. A bag wasn't worth them catching me.

I heard them laughing, and then the laughing faded away as I came to a stop around the corner of a building in the middle of campus.

I pulled my phone out of my back pocket. "Nine-one-one, what's your emergency?"

"Three guys