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

assumed Killian’s presence

had assumed that staying with her wouldn’t change Tatiana’s

IS

chosen to visit

stood there, lost in his turmoil. But

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

aside and

she expected Hamilton, but was

glanced at her. “So,

soured. “What do

ruining your own face like that. Aren’t you afraid of scars? If you wanted Hamilton’s

a laugh.

could spot a fake from a mile away. More importantly, she was certain Hamilton wouldn’t let her scar.

Hamilton outside?” Eveleen

“Just saw him looking murderous. What’s happened?”

a cold sneer. “Probably

furrowed deeply, instantly connecting the dots. “Did you do something to Natalia?”

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

he said nothing more, quickly turning

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from the hospital, pushing his Range Rover to

what should have been a half–hour drive in

Ryan, fueled by rage and grief, confronted Hamilton with

“Hamilton!”

“Bro!”

shouted

showing up! Where were you when

shouted at Hamilton.

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

say something else, but was pulled back by Dawson as soon as he could. “Don’t add fuel to the flame. It’s important to find

Hamilton but didn’t say anything else after all.

Ryan aside, Hamilton turned to Alden, his face

was pale as death.

tinged his voice, a grim omen of hope fading.