All Chapters of The Ties That Binds : Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

“Savannah, move!”Jackson’s voice was the only thing cutting through the choking smoke as the ceiling above them groaned like a wounded beast. Savannah didn’t hesitate she ran, boots skidding across broken tile, one hand shielding her face as embers rained down around them. The explosion Harrison triggered had ripped through the east wing of Sterling Tower like a giant tearing at steel, and the building answered with a roar that shook Savannah straight to her bones.Jackson grabbed her arm, yanking her behind a fallen beam just seconds before another burst of fire shot through the corridor. Heat slammed against her like a physical force, searing the air from her lungs.“Stay low,” Jackson ordered, already crouched beside her, his arm braced protectively across her shoulders.Her heart hammered in her chest, too loud, too frantic. “Jackson, the stairwell ”“Gone,” he said. “Collapsed with the upper floors. We need another exit.”“How? Everything’s blocked!”He turned his face toward he

“Savannah, don’t move.”Jackson’s voice echoed through the dim, half-destroyed corridor, rough with pain, steady with command. Dust drifted from the fractured ceiling above them, settling on the blood seeping through his shirt. His left arm hung stiff at his side, but his eyes sharp, dark, unflinching never left her face.Savannah took one trembling step toward him. “You’re hurt ”“Stay where you are.”His voice cracked like a whip.She froze, breath shaking. The lights overhead flickered violently, casting long shadows that twisted across the torn walls. Somewhere deeper inside the ruined wing of Sterling Tower, metal groaned like the whole place was alive and dying at once.Savannah swallowed. “Jackson, I’m coming to you ”“Savannah,” he breathed, softer this time, “if you step any closer… the entire support beam above you will drop. You move, you die.”Her heartbeat stuttered. She hadn’t even seen it. But now when she followed his gaze there it was: a massive, cracked steel beam ha

“Savannah… don’t stop.”Jackson’s voice was raw, scraped out of pain and determination as she dragged his arm over her shoulder and forced both of them up the last flight of steel stairs. The alarms still wailed through the tower, but now they were lower, glitching, flickering the sound of a system dying or being reborn, she couldn’t tell.All Savannah knew was that they had minutes, maybe less, before Harrison’s final protocol activated again.And this time… there would be no manual override.Jackson stumbled beside her, breath ragged, sweat burning down his temples. His shirt was torn from the explosion below, blood smearing his collar. “Savannah stop just go without ”“No.”Her voice cracked through the corridor like a blade.“You’re not dying in this tower. Not tonight. Not ever. Now move.”She didn’t wait for his reply she hauled him forward again. The hallway trembled beneath their feet as another surge rolled through the building. Ceiling lights flickered violently, turning the

“Savannah, stay with me.”Jackson’s voice was rough, strained, and far too close to breaking, but it was the only thing keeping her grounded as the elevator doors finally groaned open. Smoke curled out like fingers reaching for them, swallowing the corridor in a haze that made every breath feel like swallowing fire.Savannah pressed closer to him, her hand clutching his arm as the heat blasted against her face. “We shouldn’t be here,” she whispered, but she didn’t move. Didn’t step back. Didn’t hesitate.“I’m not leaving this floor until I know what Harrison destroyed,” Jackson said, already pulling her forward.They stepped out, the soles of their shoes crunching over broken glass and charred debris. The servers lining the hallway flickered in dying rhythms, their blue and red lights winking like they were begging to be rescued or shut down. The entire floor smelled like burnt metal and betrayal.Cole emerged from the smoke to their right, coughing hard, wiping soot off his forehead.

Savannah didn’t let go of him not even when the smoke began to thin, not when the emergency lights flickered back to life, not even when the world steadied around them. Her fists were still clutching the back of his jacket, her cheek pressed against his chest as if the moment she released him, he would disappear again into fire and shadows.Jackson held her just as fiercely. His hands were splayed across her back, trembling from adrenaline, from fear, from the near loss he couldn’t hide anymore. He exhaled shakily, his lips brushing her temple, and Savannah felt the truth of it all the truth she had been blind to, terrified of, running from.He wasn’t afraid of flames.He wasn’t afraid of the tower falling.He wasn’t afraid of Harrison’s schemes or the empire collapsing around him.He was afraid of losing her.Savannah pulled back only an inch, chest rising unevenly as she searched his face. “Jackson… you almost died.”His jaw flexed. “So did you.”“That’s not the same.”“Yes,” he whi