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.

She can’t die. Ludwik has been inseparable from his mom since he was a kid. She’s

Knowing how much Ludwik loved his mother, she could not take

cliff’s edge; one misstep could lead to

back. She needs proper hospital care; she can’t be without her oxygen.

ever felt sorry for me? Whitney, I love you. That’s why I brought you here, so that you wouldn’t

uncontrollably,

the acup and s

a soft spot for her, yet

with a gentle

hand touched Whitney’s

open, looking back at

with her eyes and

uncle, urgently saying, “Uncle, we’re missing a crucial medicine. We need it now, or Natalie might

“What is it?”

the village on the way here, but they might not have it. You guys need to split up and

three go. I’ll

go too. Look

his hands, Keegan grumbled, “I wouldn’t have taken her if that person on the phone had told me she

on the

brows in

drive away, Whitney sighed in relief. With the last needle in place, she saw Natalie’s breathing

“Whitney…”

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

to send

to leave now. I’m taking you to

her uncle had kidnapped her, and she was

her cough less

medical skills, Whitney strapped a portable oxygen tank to Natalie and hoisted her up, ready to leave.

village, Whitney relied on her instincts, fleeing down the mountainside.

Natalie home before her uncle returned. If they made it, the kidnapping would be undone, and she

moon hung in the sky as she mustered all her

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