Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 133

A shroud of gloom seemed to envelop Hamilton, yet his face remained as unreadable as ever, betraying no hint of the storm brewing within.

He casually scrolled through his missed calls until one name made his finger pause abruptly–Natalia. Her call had come in a few minutes before the snapshot of Orpheus had landed in his inbox.

That meant she had tried reaching out to him before she was taken.

A suffocating sensation rose in his chest as he wondered how she felt hearing his phone click off.

Then, as if on cue, his phone rang again. With a steely expression, Hamilton answered.

“Bro! Ms. Jenkins is in trouble!” Alden’s voice trembled with urgency on the other end.

Hamilton’s eyes narrowed, a cold fury beginning to simmer beneath his calm exterior. “What’s the situation now?”

Alden struggled to speak, finally managing to utter a dire statement. “It’s touch and go.”

“What did you say?” Hamilton’s voice dropped to an icy register, disbelief threading through his tone.

“Touch and go? Who’s touch and go? Alden, you’d better make yourself clear!”

“Bro, Ms. Jenkins was thrown off a cliff, and we’re still searching, but we don’t know if she’s… if she’s still alive.”

Though Alden spoke of search, hope seemed a luxury he could scarcely afford.

Natalia had been thrown off the cliff with her hands tied and gagged. From such a height, the fall alone might not kill her, but the waters below could claim her life just the same.

Hamilton’s mind blanked, a taut wire in his head snapping, leaving him rigid with shock.

Whatever Alden said next was lost to him; his thoughts were consumed by the pleading look in Natalia’s eyes when he’d left the hospital last night.

She had been afraid, and he knew that.

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of bad news about Tatiana and the lurking danger she couldn’t see. She hadn’t wanted him to leave, but

Killian’s presence

with her wouldn’t

I IS Iñ

he had chosen to visit Eveleen instead.

didn’t know how long he stood there, lost in his turmoil. But he finally snapped to action

never seen so close to the edge–cold, deadly, his face devoid of emotion yet

aside and walked straight into Eveleen’s hospital

she expected Hamilton, but was

glanced at her. “So, you’re

soured. “What do you think?”

like that. Aren’t you afraid of scars?

laugh. “What

could spot a fake from a mile away. More importantly, she was

outside?”

“Just saw him looking murderous. What’s

cold sneer.

furrowed deeply, instantly connecting the dots. “Did

could I? I wouldn’t lay a finger on her. But

nothing more, quickly turning to leave. “I’ll go

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Range Rover to its limits as he sped towards the outskirts.

should have been a half–hour drive in under ten minutes.

by rage and grief,

“Hamilton!”

“Bro!”

and Alden shouted in alarm.

showing up! Where were you when she

shouted at Hamilton.

“Stay out of this, Ryan. Natalia

Dawson as soon as he could. “Don’t add fuel to the flame. It’s important

glared angrily at Hamilton but didn’t say anything else

aside, Hamilton turned to Alden, his face a mask of ice. “Any sign of her?”

as death. “Not yet.”

tinged his voice, a grim omen of