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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lurking danger she couldn’t see. She hadn’t wanted him to leave, but what had he

had assumed Killian’s presence meant

staying with her

I IS

chosen to visit Eveleen instead.

there, lost in his turmoil. But he finally snapped to action and strode purposefully

only to encounter Hamilton, a man he’d never seen so close to the

pushed the thoughts aside and walked

the door, she expected Hamilton, but was surprised to see Victor

glanced at her. “So,

“What do you

you afraid of scars? If you wanted Hamilton’s attention, couldn’t

let out a laugh.

away. More importantly, she was certain

Hamilton outside?” Eveleen asked.

raised an eyebrow. “Just saw

face twisted into a cold sneer. “Probably that

deeply, instantly connecting the dots. “Did

a finger

darkened but he said nothing more, quickly turning

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Rover to its limits as he sped towards

covered what should have been a half–hour drive in under

by rage and grief, confronted

“Hamilton!”

“Bro!”

Alden shouted in alarm.

up! Where were you when she needed

shouted at Hamilton.

“Stay out of this, Ryan. Natalia and I are

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

but didn’t

Ryan aside, Hamilton turned to Alden, his face a mask

as

grim omen of hope