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.

less, she had life yet to live. She didn’t want to be a footnote in the

vast ocean.

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

her breath.

ten years ago. The day Hamilton saved her on the

she gave that life back

owed him nothing more.

then she heard her

“Natalia.”

furrowed, and her eyes slowly

the man before her,

her voice trembled.

her words, but reached down

Without words, her

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

transparency.

“Natalia.”

an instant, Hamilton’s eyes were bloodshot

Natalia only looked to Ryan, her eyes brimming with tears and

exchanged a glance with Hamilton, then carefully

his face darkening as he moved to take her back, but Alden

please! Natalia can’t handle this. We can’t delay anymore.

go,” Hamilton’s voice was ice, but Alden refused to

if you weren’t my brother, you’d be dead now!”

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

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deserves to touch her right

and full of rage. “Ryan, I’m

spoke up. “Give her

Natalia in his arms, he strode towards

wasted no time, driving

ride, Natalia fell back into unconsciousness, tears falling silently.

quivered as he wiped them

me a blanket.”

command, Ryan handed over a blanket, which

he touched her limp wrist,

she been through?

Orpheus!

violent rage surged through

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

words cut through the

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