Chapter 8

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Natalie's foot burned with an agonizing pain as she started to sink.

The elderly lady, Emma Spencer, was gasping for air. Her leg had seized up from a sharp sting on the bottom of her foot, and being in deep water, the situation could have turned dire without Natalie's help.

As Emma looked on with, increasing concern, Natalie vanished beneath the water's surface. "Miss, are you okay? You must get out of there right away!" she called out.

Despite the searing pain, Natalie managed to push herself back to the surface, her heart pounding.

Emma noticed the blood in the water and the stains on Natalie's clothes. Her eyes filled with dread as she realized someone had tampered with the pool.

but she was too

up collapsing next to Emma. The world spun, and something in the water seemed to

strength, Natalie said, her clothes soaked, her foot bleeding profusely. The wound on

ebbing away. "It's okay. My bodyguard will be here any moment. Thank you for saving me. Without you, I would have died here today." Emma's voice

okay?" The bodyguard rushed over, panic

to Natalie. "Quick, take her to

"Mrs. Spencer, let me

her to the hospital now," Emma said,

to the hospital. As they disappeared from

got out, picked up Emma, and shouted, "Help! Someone has

looks of any woman, but with a masculine grace that was not at all overly delicate. Tall and slender, he carried an effortless,

eyes widening. Compared to the distant figure of Easton, someone like Murray was more in line with

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