Chapter Seventeen

Alpha Michael's POV:

I'd been so thankful that I had stayed back to watch her play with the kids. I wouldn't have caught sight of her going over to the pool or even slipping and falling.

Immediately, I lost every form of control, running out of my office and nearly flying through the walls to get to her.

From the way she had taken the fall, I knew that there was no way she could regain some sort of control over the water.

And now, she lay in her bed, her face pale and her eyes red from staying in chlorinated water for that long.

"I'll take care of that," I said to Catherine who somehow found it difficult to lift her hand. She looked up at me for a brief moment, smiling at me before letting the spoon drop into the plate.

I took over, perching right beside her and taking the tray from her hand before I began to scoop the soup and push it into her mouth.

Jason was right on the bed beside her and she threw an arm over him like she was protecting him from