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Alek POV

The pool was shallow enough that I was able to reach in and grab her by the chains. I carefully laid her down on the ground and felt for a pulse. It was barely there, she wasn't breathing and her head was bleeding a lot. I tilted her head to the side and tried to figure out what to do. "Chloe, come on now," How long was she in the water? "Breathe, please breathe." I was begging now.

Suddenly, she was coughing up water and vomiting. I let out a sigh of relief. Chloe was breathing. She tried to sit up afterwards, but I forced her back down. "Don't move," I ordered her.

"Alek?" She croaked out and then flinched. Her voice was all rough and cracked. It was painful just to listen to.

"It's me." I responded. "Everything's going to be okay." I glanced towards where Jasmine and Derek were fighting, and saw that they were walking towards us; Scarface was gone.

"Is she okay?" Derek asked, still looking around for danger.

"I'm fine." Chloe choked out and then winced again.

"We're going to go get the car." And then they were gone, leaving only me and Chloe in the warehouse. Chloe wasn't looking any better. She was shivering, and the head injury wasn't looking too good. I took off my jacket and started to wrap it around her.

"Hey Chloe," I said softly, and hopefully comforting. "We're going to take you back to the apartment." I picked her up bridal shower and she wrapped her arms around my neck. "Chloe, you need to stay awake." We didn't think that she did have a concussion, but we didn't really want to take that risk.

"Okay," She whispered softly, but the pain was still clear. I tried to come up with something to say to ease the tension, but couldn't. The car ride to the apartment was silent.

"I need to make some calls," Jasmine said when we got home. I laid Chloe down on the couch and sat at the end of it. "Derek, would you mind calling a healer when I call Valentina?" She asked.

"Sure," They both headed outside to make the calls; probably for some alone time considering how their date was interrupted again.

"I don't need a healer." She whispered so softly that I could barely hear her.

"Humor me then," I grimaced at the thought of what I needed to ask. "Chloe, when you were in the pool, you didn't," An awkward pause, "You didn't-" I couldn't bring the words out of my mouth.

"I didn't lose a life." She answered my thoughts quietly and I let out a big sigh in relief. She still had eight lives, that was good, but it was still way too close. What if something had happened?

Chloe POV

"I didn't lose a life," I said quietly and his face brightened a little, but he still looked mad.

"What the hell where you thinking? How many times is it going to take before you realize that going off by yourself is idiotic?!" His voice was furious.

"I thought he was going after my mother, I had to go!"

"You could've told me before heading off. If I went with you-"

"You can't always fight my battles for me," I interrupted, causing him to frown.

"And the more often you run off without protection, the more likely you die." He said very bluntly.

"You're right." His face became confused, obviously not expecting me to agree with him on anything. "It was stupid for me to go out by myself and putting myself in danger." Alek still didn't say anything, so I continued. "Thank you for saving my life."

"Hopefully I don't have to again, but you're welcome." The door swung open and three people entered; Jasmine, Derek, and an unknown male.

"Uniter," The male bowed his head slightly as he approached but stopped a good few feet away. It was a little strange seeing a grown adult address me so formally.

"Just Chloe," I corrected. My voice still hurt, and it sounded rough to even my own ears.

""My name is Dominique. I'm a healer." He gestured to my injury. "May I?" When I nodded my head, he advanced closer. After a few minutes of examining, he spoke. "You'll be just fine; you don't even have a concussion. I'll just bandage it up and you'll be good to go."

"Thank you for coming," Alek said politely.

"Anything for the Uniter and her protectors," A cool wet cloth touch my head and it started to sting a little bit. "Just make sure to change the bandage and keep the wound clean to prevent infection."

"Thanks," I said quietly.

"Anytime," He smiled. "Drink a lot of tea to help out your throat." And with a bow of his head, he left.

"Chloe," Alek began. "I think it would be better if you stayed here for tonight. You can sleep in the guest bedroom if you want."

"Yeah, and I can run over to your house with Derek to get you a few things that you need." Jasmine chipped in, probably anxious to get to some alone time with Derek. "We'll be back in a little bit." And then they took off, leaving Alek and I alone.

"Are you still coming to my game tomorrow?" Alek asked with excitement.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world." His face lit up a little before he went into the kitchen.

"Do you want some tea?"

"Actually, I kind of just want to take a shower and head off to bed."

"You don't have any clothes to change into." I looked down and saw that I was still in my soaked clothes from before. No wonder why I was so cold. "I'll be right back." Alek disappeared into his room and came out holding some clothes in his hands. "The clothes are from a few years ago, so they should be too big." He said when he was handing them to me.

"Thanks," Normally I would've just waited for Jasmine to come back with my stuff, but I was too tired to care at this point.

"There's a clean towel underneath the sink in the guest bathroom that you can use."

After the shower, I looked into the mirror and saw the head wound. It really wasn't that bad, but I would probably have to wear a hat to cover it up. My throat stung a lot as well, but other than those two things, I was lucky that nothing else had happened. If Alek and Jasmine hadn't shown up, I would be dead right now.

The thought gave me a shudder. Dead. All eight of my lives could've been gone in just a few more minutes while I was trapped underwater. I tried to focus on something else.

The clothes Alek had given me to wear were too big for me, but they were also very comfortable. He had given me a pair of his sweatpants that dragged on the floor, and one of his t-shirts. They were soft against my skin, and warm. Also, they smelled just like Alek, which comforted me quite a bit.

After quickly brushing my teeth, I went and lay on the bed, too tired to do anything else. Within a few moments, I was asleep.

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Hey readers, I hope you liked the chapter. I'm thing about possibly adding the first Chalek kiss after Alek's basketball game, but I'm also torn about wanting it to be after he saves her from something. I was going to make it when they were home alone during this chapter, but then I remembered that she puked and that's a little less romantic. Please review with your opinions J