The water ripples gently in the pool, the sun casting a soft shimmer across its surface. You stand at the edge, feeling the cool breeze against your skin. Jade’s eyes, sharp and intent, are fixed on you. His usual friendly smile stretches across his face, but there’s an unsettling eagerness behind it that makes your heart race.

“Come now, you’ve nothing to worry about,” Jade coos, his voice smooth as ever, but you catch the glint in his eyes—something dark lurking beneath the polite mask he wears so well. “I’ll be right here with you the entire time. You trust me,"

His hand reaches out, long fingers curling around yours, and the grip is firm, almost too firm, like he’s afraid you might change your mind and turn back. "Don’t you?”