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

Killian’s presence meant

staying with her wouldn’t

I IS Iñ So

he had chosen to

in his turmoil. But

early, only to encounter Hamilton, a man he’d never seen so close to the edge–cold, deadly, his face devoid of emotion yet

thoughts aside and walked straight into Eveleen’s hospital

she expected Hamilton,

“So, you’re

face soured. “What do

“You’ve got guts, ruining your own face like that. Aren’t you afraid of scars? If you wanted Hamilton’s attention, couldn’t you have faked

laugh. “What do you

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

Hamilton outside?” Eveleen asked.

“Just saw him looking murderous. What’s

face twisted into a cold sneer. “Probably that wench is

brow furrowed deeply, instantly connecting the dots. “Did you

Eveleen replied, “How could I? I wouldn’t lay a finger on her. But I

he said nothing more,

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hospital, pushing his Range Rover to its limits

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

at the cliff side, Ryan, fueled by rage and grief, confronted Hamilton with a

“Hamilton!”

“Bro!”

Alden shouted in

showing up! Where were you when

shouted at Hamilton.

cheek, Hamilton sneered at Ryan. “Stay out of this, Ryan. Natalia and I are none of your concern.”

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

at Hamilton but didn’t say anything

face

was pale as death.

voice, a grim omen of hope