She didn't contemplate it for too long before quickly hurrying into the pool.
"Ah! It's so cold." Vanessa muttered once she was inside. Her movement in the water caused ripples of waves, disturbing the quiet water. "King Theodore!" She called. "Milord!" Yet again, there was no response.
'One. Two. Three.' She dipped her entire body inside the pool as she tried to search for the king.
Vanessa searched for a while, and when she was no longer able to hold her breath beneath the water, she resurfaced. Her eyes shut tightly as she screamed again, "Theo!" her voice sounding exhausted.
She was about to go inside the water again but stopped when she felt someone behind her. She twirled around quickly in the water, and there he stood.
Staring up at him, silent and frozen, watching droplets of water dripping from his hair and back into the water.
