Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1127

"The path down there is way too steep, and with all the rain, it's slick as ice. I've heard there are some nasty undercurrents in the canyon. It's dangerous,

especially since you seem a bit out of breath..."

Hudson's heart was racing, and he was struggling to catch his breath-an unpleasant reminder of the incident with the rifle bolt.

Hudson, tall and lean, steadied himself against a tree, his piercing gaze cutting through the darkness, trying to make sense of the shadows below...

No clear path in sight.

But he could hear the rushing water, getting louder and more ominous. If Parisa had really been thrown from the top and into those currents, it would be dire. Hudson fervently hoped Whitney and Ludwik would reach her in time...

"You ten spread out and search. We can't waste a second. Find that undercurrent in the canyon, and if you spot any blood or a woman, notify me immediately!"

The bodyguard nodded but cast a glance back at him. "Sir, you shouldn't be alone. There might be wild animals in these woods."

"I'll rest a moment and catch up with you."

"I'm uneasy leaving you here alone. Maybe I should stay."

with everything you've got. Call

determination in Hudson's eyes and knew arguing was

dispersed, heading

walking stick and began his descent. He pulled out his phone, hoping to find

a rock, and his

"Ah..."

pained groan, instinctively shielding his head, but his body

black out from the pain, his back hit a dead tree with a sickening crack, finally bringing him to a halt. Hudson panted

void stretched into

Had he

was pitch black, but

hear the rushing water. Where

brow, he reached for his phone to signal his bodyguards about the danger. But after searching frantically around

he felt

then another, in a

his

Hudson's fingers brushed his forehead, finding the liquid sticky_ blood, not

frame, craning his neck

someone up