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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wouldn’t be so bad, but she wasn’t ready.

yet to live. She didn’t want to be a footnote in the

vast ocean.

the moment she hit the water, she fought. Her wrist was dislocated, pain searing through her, but she wrenched it free from

consumed her

the sea ten years ago. The day

she gave that life back to

fitting. She owed him nothing

taking her, but then she heard

“Natalia.”

brow furrowed, and her

before her, tears fell freely.

her voice trembled. “We’re even

words, but reached down

clung to Ryan’s wrist. Without words, her action drained her remaining strength.

a trace. Stunned, he watched her hand on Ryan’s wrist, pale

transparency.

“Natalia.”

an instant, Hamilton’s eyes

her eyes brimming with tears and

exchanged a glance with Hamilton,

he moved to take her back, but

please! Natalia can’t handle this.

was ice, but Alden refused to release

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

he blocked Ryan’s path. “Give

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faced Hamilton. “Hamilton, the last person who deserves to touch

swift and full of rage. “Ryan, I’m telling you. Give her to

firm. Then Dawson spoke up.

in his arms, he strode towards the car.

Ryan wasted no time, driving them towards

Natalia fell back into unconsciousness, tears

as he

a blanket.”

a blanket, which Hamilton

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

she been through?

Orpheus!

rage surged through

is a man’s duty. Don’t

words cut through the tension.

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