Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 134

Chapter 134

On a rocky outcrop a few dozen meters away, a white figure lay still.

Hamilton swam towards the shape with hastened strokes.

But as he neared, he slowed his pace, an uneasy feeling settling over him.

There, on the edge of the rocks, was a woman, as still as the dead. Just last night when he left her, she was perfectly fine. Now she lay there, breath seemingly stolen from her lips.

Hamilton always thought of himself as bulletproof. But fear, a stranger to him, now gripped his

heart.

His hands trembled as they wrapped around the woman’s waist, pulling her close to his chest.

The tape that had been cruelly stuck to her mouth must have loosened in the sea, and the ropes binding her hands had come undone. Her hands bore the raw marks of a desperate struggle.

Only when Hamilton cradled her did he realize the biting cold. No warmth left in her body.

His eyes fell, and for the first time, a fragile vulnerability touched his pale face. His lips were a tight line, and after what felt like an eternity, he shakily reached out to check for her breath.

Only coldness met his touch.

His eyes that had hidden all emotion now reddened in an instant.

He laid her on the rocks, performing CPR with a frenzied urgency.

The others who arrived on the scene wore grave expressions.

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Alden stood in the chilly seawater, his entire body trembling.

Ryan watched for a moment before stepping forward. “Let me try.’

But Hamilton roared with bloodshot eyes, “Get lost!”

Ryan tried again, only to be held back by Alden.

No one would be allowed to touch Natalia when Hamilton was like this.

Time ticked by mercilessly.

Just when hope seemed a distant memory, Natalia coughed. Hamilton froze, then quickly pulled her into his embrace.

His voice shook as he whispered, “Natalia.”

Her consciousness was a blur. The roar of the sea filled her ears, that sense of helplessness engulfing her once more.

This might be it, she thought.

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so bad, but

28, on her birthday no less, she had life yet to live. She didn’t want

vast ocean.

but she wrenched it free from the ropes. She tried to swim for

consumed her breath.

the sea ten years ago. The

she gave that

She owed him

but then she heard

“Natalia.”

and her eyes slowly

before

her voice trembled. “We’re even

her words, but

to Ryan’s wrist. Without words, her action

at her resuscitated breath vanished without a trace. Stunned, he watched her hand on Ryan’s wrist, pale to the point

transparency.

“Natalia.”

Hamilton’s eyes were bloodshot with fury.

to Ryan, her eyes

a glance with Hamilton, then

take her back, but

can’t handle this. We can’t

was ice, but Alden refused to release his grip.

Alden’s face without mercy. “Alden, if you weren’t my

path. “Give her to

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person who deserves

of rage. “Ryan, I’m telling you. Give her

Then Dawson spoke up. “Give her to

in his arms, he strode towards

momentarily stunned, followed suit. Ryan wasted no time, driving them towards the hospital.

ride, Natalia fell back into

fingers quivered as he wiped them

me a blanket.”

handed over a blanket, which Hamilton draped

hand paused as he touched her limp wrist, a suffocating pain rising within

had she

Orpheus!

rage surged

a man’s duty. Don’t wait till she’s gone to regret.”

through the tension.

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