The Ties That Binds のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 101 - チャプター 110

“Move!” Jackson snarled, his hand wrapping around Savannah’s wrist as the alarms detonated overhead, bathing the corridor in violent red light. The steel shutters lining the walls shuddered, slamming down one after another like jaws ready to crush anything caught beneath them.Savannah ran with him, her breath burning in her chest, the metallic taste of panic filling her mouth. Harrison’s final purge had begun she could feel it pulsing through the tower floors like a heartbeat counting down to destruction.Behind them, Cole sprinted, clutching the black drive like it was a live explosive. “Server core breach in sixty seconds!” he shouted. “We don’t make it to the breach point before the lockdown seals, we’re done!”Savannah didn’t look back. She couldn’t. Not when Jackson’s grip tightened every time the floor trembled, not when the entire world thundered around them like the tower itself was coming apart.They reached the intersection four corridors stretching out like arteries and Ja

“Savannah, stay behind me.”Jackson didn’t raise his voice, but the steel in it made Savannah freeze mid-step. The hallway outside the Sterling sublevel was shaking violently now lights flickering, warning alarms throbbing in long, metallic pulses that rattled the walls like a heartbeat gone wrong. Smoke curled from a blown circuit overhead, drifting down in thin gray ribbons.Savannah pushed forward anyway.“I’m not hiding,” she said, brushing past him before he could stop her. “Not tonight. Not when Harrison is this close to destroying everything.”Jackson caught her arm, his grip firm but not painful. “I said behind me.”“And I said no.” Savannah met his eyes with a stubborn fire that made something in him flicker anger, fear, something tangled between the two. “I’m done letting him corner us. I’m done being the weak link.”“You were never the weak link,” he growled.“Then let me act like it.”Before Jackson could reply, Cole rushed toward them from the server wing, breath ragged,

Savannah didn’t wait for Jackson to finish his sentence. She shoved the steel door open and stormed into the dimly lit room, her pulse pounding so hard she could hear it in her teeth. Cold air blasted against her face, mingling with the metallic scent of hot wires and the faint ozone of overworked servers. The monitors lining the far wall flashed red warnings, each beep like a countdown to something catastrophic.Jackson followed immediately, tension rigid through every muscle, his jaw clenched, his stride predatory. “Savannah, slow down.”“No,” she snapped, whirling around to face him. “We don’t have time for slow.”The lights flickered overhead, casting stuttering shadows that made the room feel smaller, tighter. Behind them, Cole slipped in and kicked the door shut, breathing hard. “Whatever Harrison triggered it’s accelerating. Whatever he planned… this is the endgame.”Savannah turned back to the glowing monitors. A massive progress bar pulsed across the main screen Final Purge S

“Move, Savannah!”Jackson’s shout cut through the blaring alarms as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her behind a collapsing support beam. Sparks rained from the ceiling like burning hail. The entire sublevel trembled violently beneath their feet. But Savannah didn’t hesitate not anymore. She stayed right beside him, matching his pace, refusing to be left behind.The red emergency lights flickered in rapid pulses, turning the hallway into a stuttering blur of shadow and flame. Harrison’s final purge sequence had initiated the moment he hit that damned button. Every server, every record, every hidden truth locked inside the Sterling database was now seconds away from permanent destruction.Savannah didn’t need Cole to explain what it meant. If the purge completed, the real evidence the drive that proved Harrison forged everything would become worthless. And their marriage, their lives, their future would go up in smoke.“Jackson!” she yelled as another explosion rocked the sublevel. “Th

Savannah pressed her palm flat against the cold steel, her breath fogging in the dim emergency lights that flickered overhead. The silence on the other side was unnatural too heavy, too dead. Jackson had been shouting orders, fighting, breathing alive just minutes ago.Now there was nothing.“Jackson…” Her voice cracked as she leaned her forehead against the metal. “Please… answer me.”Still nothing.Savannah’s throat tightened. Her pulse hammered painfully in her ears as she forced her trembling fingers to the lock panel. The red lights blinked, mocking her failure. She wasn’t strong enough to break through. She didn’t have Jackson’s key code. She didn’t even know if he was conscious.She slammed her fist into the door. “Jackson!”A heavy boom echoed somewhere down the corridor, followed by the distant metallic groan of something collapsing. Dust drifted down from the ceiling. The tower was still under lockdown… still under attack. Every second she wasted was another second Harrison