Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 164

Chapter 164

“Why on earth did this damn woman team up with her uncle to kidnap Natalie? That’s Ludwik’s mother for crying out loud! Does Whitney have no heart?”

“Keep it together. It might be a misunderstanding. Natalie’s frall and can’t be without oxygen. We’re working with the cops over here. Whatever you do, keep Ludwik in the dark!”

Nolan was struck dumb, his mind racing with panic.

The car sped along the country roads. Whitney had stopped at a rural clinic and grabbed some emergency medicine and a first aid kit.

Soon, the car veered into the mountains, Keegan’s assistant taking twists and turns, making sure Whitney could not memorize the route.

Bent over her dead phone, Whitney realized the battery was flat. Her face went ashen.

Around midnight, the car pulled up to a dilapidated farmhouse.

Ignoring the hunger pangs, Whitney bolted from the car and barged through the front door.

Inside, her uncle and two bodyguards were in disarray, the room a mess, and Natalie slumped in a chair, frothing at the mouth, her condition unimproved.

“She’s rolling her eyes back! Whitney,” Keegan bellowed.

Whitney felt a turmoil inside, her emotions complex as she glanced at her uncle, noticing he had stood up. likely on a prosthetic, limping as he moved.

Tears spilled from Whitney’s eyes as she

saw her uncle’s pitiful state, yet she also felt an overwhelming hatred. She rushed to Natalie’s side, her voice breaking. “Uncle, why must you do this? You’re driving us both to a dead end. You’re not well yourself; you know the pain of illness; why can’t you show some compassion to Mom?”

“Who’s your Mom? Her? No! Whitney, don’t betray the Tennyson family!” Keegan burst out.

He was too far gone, deaf to reason.

Whitney felt despair.

Bending down, she administered acupuncture to Natalie’s skull, pressed on a vital point on her throat, and forced the medicine down her throat, slowly halting her spasms.

can’t die. Ludwik has been inseparable from his mom since

was twisting in her heart. Knowing how much Ludwik loved his mother,

one misstep could lead to

take Natalie back. She needs

in Ludwik’s hands, Who ever felt sorry for me? Whitney, I love you. That’s why I brought you here, so that you wouldn’t fall into the hands of that

uncontrollably, knowing her

with the acup

down with surprise, had a soft spot for her, yet he was so

a

touched Whitney’s

at her with love and confusion,

her

“Uncle, we’re missing a crucial medicine. We need

“What is it?”

medicine. I saw a clinic in the village on the way here, but they might not have it.

go. I’ll stay

an emergency, Uncle. You should go too.

“I wouldn’t have taken her if that person on the phone had told me

the phone?

her brows in

out, and the cars drive away, Whitney sighed in relief. With the last needle

“Whitney…”

sit up, checked her pulse, and slipped the emergency medicine into

to send them

move? We need to leave now. I’m taking you

uncle had kidnapped her,

cough

Natalie was somewhat better and confident in her medical skills, Whitney strapped a portable oxygen tank to Natalie and hoisted her up,

no lights in the village, Whitney relied on

to get Natalie home before her uncle returned. If they made it, the kidnapping would be undone, and she could beg Natalie’s

sky as she mustered all her strength, uncertain how long they had

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