Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 996

The cleaning lady nodded, "I saw you folks looking around with a photo, like you were searching for someone. When I saw this picture of the Asian girl, it clicked. She arrived that day, struggling with English, asking for directions with her baby bump looking like she was due any minute. It seemed pretty urgent, so I personally walked her to the exit and hailed her a cab to the hospital!"

Ludwik's sharp gaze suddenly tightened, "Which hospital did you send her to?"

Premature delivery? He knew it; his child in Florence's womb was in danger!

The cleaner pointed towards the third exit, "The cab I called for her was headed to Toruscare Hospital."

"Thank you."

Worried sick about the life and death of his child, Ludwik didn't bother to scrutinize the cleaner further. Any clue was worth following up on to avoid any mishaps.

He turned to his assistant, "I need to leave for a few hours. Head to Toruscare Hospital. You stay here and wait for the surveillance results from our special aide. Call me immediately if anything comes up!" He was covering all bases.

Ludwik strode out of the lobby, hailing a taxi, "To Toruscare Hospital, please."

The driver, an older man wearing a baseball cap covering his face, gave Ludwik a curious look before nodding and driving off.

Ludwik, his legs crossed, was lost in thought, staring out the window, his jaw clenched tight, lighting up a cigarette to calm his nerves.

Having been in Eurovoria for just a handful of days, he was already missing Whitney and worried sick about his twin boys under Bryce's watchful eye.

hoped Parker and Ashton were keeping

at Toruscare Hospital, take his child

Ludwik's eyes half-closed. Exhaustion was catching up with him

the taxi was still

Ludwik realized they weren't even in the city anymore but on a typical

he demanded in fluent German, "Where

driver twitched, not turning around, replying

eyes narrowed, "You're not from Germinia, are you?" The accent was off, and he was a polyglot;

the driver's shoulders gave him

man's back, his mind racing. He had

territory, the realization hit him

was Bryce's doing, stretching his reach too far

for the right moment. As the car approached a fork in

aiming straight

the

the ensuing struggle, the driver, laughing menacingly, pulled a gun, pointing it right at Ludwik's

Ludwik fought off the driver, finally managing to steer the vehicle off the road, down a steep embankment into the forest below. "You're insane; we'll both

chaos, Ludwik managed to snatch the gun, and as the car tumbled down,

bang,

several meters. When he finally came to a halt, gasping for air, he realized he was covered in blood. Wiping