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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she couldn’t see. She

assumed Killian’s presence meant safety.

had assumed that staying with

IS Iñ So

he had chosen to visit

But he finally snapped to action and strode purposefully out of the

of Eveleen’s injury, had arrived early, only to encounter Hamilton, a man he’d never seen so close to the edge–cold, deadly, his face devoid of emotion yet brimming with a

the thoughts aside and walked straight into

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

at her. “So, you’re really

“What

like that. Aren’t you afraid of scars? If you wanted Hamilton’s attention,

laugh.

mile away. More importantly, she was certain Hamilton wouldn’t

Hamilton outside?”

saw him looking murderous. What’s

sneer. “Probably

furrowed deeply, instantly connecting the dots.

wouldn’t lay a

expression darkened but he said nothing more, quickly turning

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from the hospital, pushing his Range Rover to its limits as he

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

cliff side, Ryan, fueled by rage and grief, confronted

“Hamilton!”

“Bro!”

and Alden shouted

nerve showing up! Where were you when she needed you?” Ryan

shouted at Hamilton.

sore cheek, Hamilton sneered at Ryan. “Stay out of this, Ryan. Natalia and

but was pulled back by Dawson as soon as he could.

but didn’t

aside, Hamilton turned to Alden, his face a mask of ice.

was pale as death.

voice, a grim omen