Chapter 4 — Unfinished Business

Alex

The training pool stretched like a silent void within the cavernous chamber, its still water a mirror reflecting the sterile glow of overhead lights. Alex Morales stood at the edge, her arms crossed tightly, her sharp amber gaze following Ryan Carter as he adjusted the Ocean Sculptor Gloves with deliberate, almost painstaking care. He wasn’t stalling, she thought, just recalibrating. She hoped.