Lulled into the Deep



She floated peacefully on her inflatable mattress in the sunlit pool, the gentle ripples rocking her into a perfect summer slumber.
Her pale skin glowed, long red hair spilling across the glossy black surface like liquid fire. Eyes closed, lips slightly parted, she dreamed without a care.
She never noticed the water beneath her turning darker.
She never saw the thick, monstrous tentacles rising slowly from the bottom of the pool… drifting hungrily toward her sleeping body.