*~Gabrielle's POV~*
"Gabrielle?" he called softly. "Why are you wearing a blindfold?"
Lucien turned toward me after dismissing all the wolves inside the house. I slowly removed the blindfold, blinking as my sight tried to settle.
"I… I used to be blind when I was much younger," I said. "And I collected something from Damien. It… distorted my sight back to how it used to be."
"Oh. I see."
His voice dropped as he looked at me again. "Gabrielle … I haven't properly apologized for what I did."
"You don't have to—" I said raising my hands.
"But I have to," he insisted. "Gabrielle , I'm so sorry. And this is the time I need you the most because… I am in more than danger."
My heart flared the moment he said that. "What do you mean?"
"I'm not—" He swallowed hard. "I only have five days left."
