*~Gabrielle's POV~*
"I mean," Penny sighed, "I didn't think much of you at first either. But I can't deny it…you've brought something different to him. Something good. And if you want proof, look at what just happened. He had two choices: chase the woman he's loved for years, or save you. And he chose you, my lady."
I froze. Penny shouldn't have said that because now, I wanted to cry.
That gorgeous, impossible man had sacrificed his chance to finally have the woman he'd been chasing all his life… to save me.
My chest tightened. My legs ached, but I forced myself up.
"My lady, please," Penny said, alarmed. "You should rest—"
"No," I interrupted. "I need to see him."
I steadied myself against the wall, my knees trembling. Penny tried to stop me again, but I turned sharply to her.
"Will you help me," I said, "or keep fighting me, because you know I won't sit?"
