The Unwavering Heart That Broke (Nathalie and Lance) novel Chapter 623

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Agony clawed at Felice's consciousness, making her feel like she was bleeding out on the grass. But someone grabbed her roughly by the collar and hauled her up, viciously tying a knot directly over her gunshot wound to stem the bleeding. The brutal pressure kept her from slipping away.

Her eyes fluttered open, met immediately by Nathalie's furious face.

Nathalie's mouth was moving, her expression frantic as she shouted, but Felice couldn't hear a word over the ringing in her ears. Her vision blurred, and she finally passed out from the shock.

"Nathalie!" Nicol rushed over, clutching his injured arm. His face was etched with worry. "What's wrong? What are you trying to say?"

Nathalie dropped Felice's limp body and pointed frantically at her. She tried to say they needed the antidote, that Felice had poisoned them and couldn't be allowed to die yet.

But she couldn't hear her own voice.

Nicol couldn't hear it either. His eyes widened in horror. "Nathalie, what happened to your voice?"

Nathalie froze. She reached up to touch her throat, the burning sensation still raging beneath her skin. She forced herself to speak, but nothing came out. Her throat muscles strained and seized, bringing only sharper waves of pain.

"We need to get you to a hospital right now," Nicol said quickly. "I'll have the guys drag her out of here."

Nathalie nodded, utterly lost in panic, and turned to look for Lance.

He was deathly pale, already unconscious. The bodyguards hoisted him up and sprinted out of the jungle.

Nathalie stumbled after them, her heart plummeting. The relief of surviving the ambush had evaporated in seconds, replaced by this new nightmare. Lance's eyes were bleeding, his chest wound was worsening, and he was completely unresponsive. Her own throat was ruined, her voice gone.

What the hell was in that powder Felice threw at them?

Her mind was a chaotic mess. Exhausted from fighting for her life over the past twenty-four hours, the edges of her vision turned black, and she collapsed.