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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now wouldn’t be so bad, but

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

vast ocean.

wrist was dislocated, pain searing through her, but she wrenched it free from

her breath.

the sea ten years ago. The day Hamilton saved her

she gave that

seemed fitting. She owed

but then she heard her name.

“Natalia.”

her eyes slowly

before her,

voice trembled.

but

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

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

transparency.

“Natalia.”

eyes were

Ryan, her eyes brimming

exchanged a glance with Hamilton, then carefully picked up Natalia.

take her back, but Alden suddenly wrapped him in a

can’t handle this. We

was ice, but Alden refused to

Alden’s face without mercy. “Alden, if you weren’t my brother, you’d be dead

that, he blocked Ryan’s path. “Give her to

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

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

Then Dawson spoke up. “Give her to

he strode towards

followed suit. Ryan wasted no

Natalia fell back into unconsciousness, tears falling

he wiped them away.

a blanket.”

command, Ryan handed over a blanket, which

limp wrist, a suffocating pain rising within

she

Orpheus!

rage surged

Don’t wait till she’s gone to

words cut through the tension.

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