Chapter 622. Holding Each Other Tight

Tyler rushed over, tearing a strip of cloth from his shirt to bind James’s bleeding palms before hauling him upright.

“Your back’s bleeding too...”

He caught sight of the darkening bruise around the wound, and when his eyes flicked to James’s lips, they were tinged with purple.

A heavy dread sank into Tyler’s gut. “James... are you poisoned?”

“I’m fine... need to find my mother...” James forced the words out, teeth clenched against the pain. He staggered back toward the room.

Tyler followed close behind—and then she appeared before them.

“My son... Harrison...”

Kelly caught her boy as he stumbled, her tears falling freely. Tyler’s chest tightened at the sight. After years of searching, she was real. She was here.

“Madam, it’s really you,” Tyler said, his voice breaking with relief. “We finally found you. Please, come with us now!”

Kelly nodded through tears. Together they supported James down the stairs and out of the suffocating