Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 388

"Lay her flat, Ludwik, on her back!" Whitney shouted at him.

Obligingly, though somewhat slow, Ludwik did as he was told, kneeling anxiously by his mother's side, cradling her head in his hands.

Whitney swiftly broke open a pack of syringes, quickly inserting one into Natalie's head, right at the carotid artery.

Then, she pried open Natalie's mouth with a stick, stacking her hands and pressing down heavily onto Natalie's chest.

With each push, she gritted her teeth, putting all her might into it.

Under the dim light, Ludwik, in a daze, looked over at the woman working meticulously. She was as determined as she was delicate, her clear, powerful eyes showing a mix of compassion and resolve. Despite her slender frame, her hands wielded such strength in this moment of emergency...

Before long, Whitney was sweating profusely.

Ludwik bit his lip, wishing he could offer his help, knowing his strength would be beneficial.

But he feared his lack of precision.

Suddenly, Natalie jerked forward, spitting out a mouthful of dark blood.

It was black.

Whitney let out a sigh of relief. "The congestion in her lungs has been cleared. She can breathe normally now."

Ludwik froze, the sight of the black blood eerily familiar.

Three years ago, Elaine had shown him a video on the night Whitney supposedly kidnapped his mother, where she also spat black blood.

consumed him then,

steadier as she slowly opened her cloudy

awake?" Ludwik, snapped back to the present by Natalie, wiped the blood from her

"You... you guys..."

cleared and she saw her son and daughter-in-law, she couldn't tell if she was

examined her throat, feeling

struggling for breath,

voice due to blockages in her vocal cords and nerve degeneration in the speech area of her brain.

with a

sensitivity,

knowing his other son and Whitney were alive changed everything for Ludwik. It was as if a thorn in his heart had finally been removed; his feelings

nodded, letting go,

another look at him, Whitney proceeded with the

was quick. Whitney carefully helped Natalie drink some water mixed with medicine from

her throat soothed and her mind clearer, Natalie tried to speak,

you can talk?"

left... The misunderstanding between you and Whitney needs to be cleared." Natalie's voice was heavy with emotion, her eyes filled

during her recent unconsciousness, she had pieced together the situation between her son and Whitney through

hating herself for being unable

me. You have to understand... It was Elaine, it

down, weakened as we were, Elaine ambushed us. Elaine took me away, knocked Whitney unconscious, and no one noticed! After taking me down the mountain, she injected me with

anger making it difficult to

was paralyzed, his face frozen in shock as the

attended to Natalie, helping her breathe

to explain to Ludwik, leading to three years of misunderstanding. You remember, don't you? That night in the meadow, I begged you, even if he wrongs you time and again, to bear

moment, Whitney's heart, stagnant for three

eyes, eventually spilling over as she released all the pent-up grievances,