A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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We were all running on a high of victory and euphoria. It was great. Our teams had performed the best out of everyone here today and it showed just how much we had worked to get to this point.

I knew that nothing could bring us down right now. Nothing was going to be able to put a damper in our mood. Today was pure bliss. At least that was what I was thinking as the four of us made our way back into the locker room. Toby and Charles had changed while we were waiting for the other men's teams to run their final heat. However, now that we were going into the locker room, I couldn't have been more wrong about things running our mood or our day.

The first thing that I saw the moment that we all walked into the locker room, was that it was almost deserted. The second thing that I saw was that the only other person in the room was Trent. He had apparently stayed behind after everyone else left, waiting for us. And obviously, they had the same locker room that we did. Of course he did. That was just the way that things had to be, right?

Well, well, well." He said in an angry tone of voice. "Look what we have here. You know, I took a guess that we shared a locker room, and I can see that I was right." His face was filled with anger right now.

"What do you want, Trent?" Makai snapped at him. "What can't you understand about all of this? It's over. We're over. We have been for a very long time now."

"No. It's not over until I say it's over, Makai. You're mine. I told you that ages ago. You're mine. You will always be mine. It didn't matter that you ran away for a few months and had a fling, that didn't change anything. You're going to come back to me and we will be together from now on. I refuse to let you go."

"This is fucking insane. You're fucking insane. Did you know that?" I snapped at him as I walked a little closer to him. "You need to just fucking drop it. Makai is mine. He is my boyfriend. He is my fiancé. He is my mate. Do you want to see the fucking marks to prove it? Do you want to see my initials in his mark so that you can see that he is mine? Will that be enough to convince your dumb ass?"

There was nothing but shock and fear in Trent's eyes. Right then. He was not prepared for what he had just heard. He wasn't expecting me to say that I marked Makai. He was not ready for anything that I had to say and it was showing in the way that his face was getting redder and redder and his eyes were angrier and angrier.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME MAKAI? WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MARRY ME AND TAKE CARE OF ME! DID YOU FORGET ABOUT THAT PROMISE!" Trent was inching toward Makai now. It almost looked to me like he was about to hurt someone. His whole body was shaking and his hands were clenched into fists. There was something dark inside that guy and I didn't like it.

"Stop right there." I snapped at him as I stepped into his path. I would not let him get to my Makai, not now and not ever.

"Get out of my way, Ocean. If you don't, I will fucking kill you."

"Yeah, like I am going to let you anywhere near my man. You look like you want to kill Makai. What do you have planned, huh? What were you going to do if I did happen to get out of the way? Huh?"

"That's none of your business, Ocean. This is between me and Makai. He is mine and you need to leave."

"HE IS NOT YOURS, YOU FUCKING IDIOTIC ASSHOLE. HE IS MINE. HE WILL ALWAYS BE MINE. AND IF YOU GET ONE FUCKING STEP CLOSER I WILL PUT YOU ON YOUR ASS!"

It was clear to me that Trent just wasn't going to listen. He kept on coming at me and Makai without saying anything else. I knew what was on his mind. I couldn't explain how I knew, but I did. I knew that if he got close enough, he was going to hit Makai. Well, this asshole was about to get a face full of fists from me instead, because I wasn't lying.

He had come closer so I was already pulling my arm back to throw my punch. I didn't hesitate and I wasn't taking my time. I just swung hard from the right and slapped my fist into his jaw.

I didn't know that I was going to hit him as hard as I did. I instantly felt pain in my hand but that was almost nothing to me right now. I was pissed and I was watching on as the asshole went flying backward.

He literally went flying too. He was in between us and the closest set of lockers. The lockers were at least seven feet away, but that didn't stop Trent from slamming into them and sliding to the floor. I was just really glad that he didn't dent the lockers in the process. I would hate to have to explain what happened to them to the officials. We would probably be disqualified.

"You little son of a bitch!" Trent was holding his jaw in pain as a trickle of blood flowed down his chin. "I'm going to fucking kill you. I swear to god, I am going to murder you."

"ENOUGH!" Makai finally snapped at him. "Just shut the fuck up, Trent. I have had it with you. I didn't want you when I left you seventeen months ago, and I don't want you now. I am never going to take you back. I am never going to love you. I didn't even love you then. Do you understand me? Do you fucking get it now? I don't want you. I listened to your lies enough back then that I let you convince me that I was in love with you. But I should have listened to my own heart and my own emotions. I hate you, Trent. I hate you and after this tournament is over, I never want to see you again. Do you understand that? I never want you to darken another day in my life."

"Who the fuck do you think you are, Makai? You know who I am. You know what I am capable of. You know what I can do to you. I can put an end to this all really quick and force you to be mine." This was way beyond what I thought was ever possible.

"No, you can't, Trent. Because you don't know who I am. And back then neither did I. I knew what I was, but not who I was. I didn't know that my uncle was the head of our clan. I didn't know that in our culture I am the equivalent of a prince. I didn't know at the time that I severely outranked you. I let you lie to me for so long, Trent, but not anymore. It's over. It's been over."

"You're lying. You're making up stories just to intimidate me." Trent still wasn't accepting it. Though I would admit that he looked a little more frazzled than he had before. "This isn't true."

"It's true, Trent. It's all true and you know it. And if you do or say anything else, I will let my uncle know all about the stuff that you have done in the past. I will destroy your life. I won't even hesitate to tell them to eliminate you. Now stop this. All of this. And leave me and them all alone. You're not to bother me, Ocean, Ben or Ryan. You can't mess with our coach or anyone on our team. If I know them, if they are a friend of mine, then you are not allowed to cause them any sort of problem. Do you understand me?"

"This is bullshit. This is pure fucking bullshit."

That was all that Trent had to say after Makai's threat. After that he just got to his feet and hurried out of the locker room. I did notice, with a slight amount of satisfaction, that there was a massive bruise on his face from where I had punched him. That was a good sight to see. And so was him running away with his tail between his legs.

"OK, Makai, that was intense." Ryan looked at him with his eyes wide open. "I can't believe that just happened."

"Yeah, it was definitely unexpected. And like you said, babe, it was intense." Ben seemed to have his eyes just as wide as he spoke.

"Are you OK, Makai?" I asked him with worry in my voice.

"Why are you asking about me? Isn't your hand sore?" Makai smiled at me. "That was an impressive punch by the way."

"Well, I told him that I would do it and I meant it." I grinned crookedly, the nerves and embarrassment filling me as I went to say the next part. "Plus, I couldn't let him hurt my man."

"Awe, my hero." Makai took my hand then and kissed the knuckles. "Come on, we should get changed. I am sure that the coach is waiting for us."

"Yeah, you're right." I nodded at him and went to my locker.. "Let's get ready to go."