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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bad, but she wasn’t ready.

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

vast ocean.

fought. Her wrist was dislocated, pain searing through her, but she wrenched it free from the ropes. She tried to swim for

consumed her breath.

years ago. The day Hamilton

now, she gave that

owed him nothing more.

but then she heard her

“Natalia.”

furrowed, and her eyes slowly

the man before

her voice trembled. “We’re

out her words, but reached down to

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

understood immediately. His fleeting joy at her resuscitated breath vanished without a trace. Stunned, he watched her hand on Ryan’s wrist, pale to the point of

transparency.

“Natalia.”

instant, Hamilton’s eyes were

only looked to Ryan, her eyes brimming

exchanged a glance with Hamilton, then carefully picked up

anger surged, his face darkening as he moved to take her back, but Alden suddenly wrapped

can’t handle this. We can’t delay anymore.

but Alden refused to release his

mercy. “Alden, if you weren’t

Ryan’s path. “Give her to

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deserves to touch

of rage. “Ryan, I’m

Then Dawson spoke up. “Give

arms, he strode

wasted no time, driving them towards the

fell back

quivered as he wiped them away.

a blanket.”

handed over a blanket, which Hamilton draped

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

she been

Orpheus!

rage surged

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

cut through the

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