Page 11 of The Forever Vault

My brain cells hit their brakes and I temporarily lost all cohesive thought. Zeph’s whistle pulled me back to reality. “I thought some of ‘em looked familiar. Corbin Fisher, right?”

“That’s right!”

“I reckon I should be upset, but I’m also impressed.”

“What, Colt? You know I like twunks.”

“You two ever thought of going at it in front of a camera? I could talk to my producer.”

“Oh hell yeah, we’ve thought about it,” Colton said, to my surprise.

“Done it even,” Zeph added. “But as long as I’m playing in the NFL, a publicly released porno would be impossible.”

“Well, I’ll have to give you my number and you can let me know when you retire,” Brody said. “I’ll see you guys around. We’re here for a few weeks.” There was a flash of a perfectly tan ass above the water as Brody dove towards his friends.

“Well, shit, isn’t that a coincidence?” Zeph mused.

“Nice pick on the hotel, Colton. Now, I’ll have porn stars to stare at,” I mused.

“At least they’ll be a nice distraction.”

I sighed. He was right. “What was that about you two and a camera?”

“Don’t kink shame us, Cam.”

“I would never, Zeph. I was just curious about it.”

“I bet you were.”

3

Lucas

After making it through security, I consulted the app. It was new for this Olympics, some partnership with a tech startup in Silicon Valley. My entire personal schedule was there, as well as the schedule for every event for when we wanted to be a spectator. Shane could add things to my schedule that only I could see, and Woodward could add things to the team’s and it would notify all of us. It also had a map, not just of the village, but of every venue related to the Olympics and included navigation as well.

Because of it, I didn’t need to check-in. Everything would be waiting for me in my room, which I would access with a punch code that was sent to me this morning. I brought my schedule up and clicked on ‘Arrival.’ The map popped up and showed me the way to the American dorm.

I was on the fourth floor.

I punched in the code and opened the door. “Hello?”

“Lucas, is that you?”

“You can call me Luke, but yeah, it’s me.”

My roommate, Ezra Barnes, entered the room.

“Hey, man. I still can’t believe I’m rooming with you. This is so exciting! We share this common area and the bathroom, but we each have our own bedroom. I took this one, though they’re both the same, but I can switch if you want.”

Ezra was five years younger than me and had come on strong the last few years. His brown hair was shaggy but straight and he was always sweeping it out the way. I couldn’t help but notice his brown eyes as he sent a killer smile my way. He was the tallest on the team, so I had to look up at him, which felt weird since he was younger.

“I’m sure the other bedroom is fine.”

I made my way to it, but felt Ezra following me. To be honest, I didn’t know much about him. I knew that Woodward had paired me and Orion with two of the newer members of the team, so we could help them out blah blah blah. I got Ezra, the youngest on the team at twenty-two. I think O’s roommate was Preston. Somehow, the fifth member, Miles, had his own room. I thought Ty had worked with Preston and Miles in California, but I wasn’t one hundred percent on that.

“You’ve been training in Colorado with O, right?”

“Who?” Ezra asked.