Lucian Pov

Finally, the long-awaited day arrived. Naomi's birthday. I don't know why she dreaded it, since she refused to open up about it.

I had asked her countless times in the past few days, but she always shut down in the face of the question, even if she was full of energy and excitement a second before.

I had made a conscious effort not to probe into her mind ever since, even though curiosity was threatening to eat me alive. Not like I could even do that at this point.

I didn't ...