Chapter 1146:

But when Sadie’s name hung in the air, her calm faltered. Concern etched her face, and her reply came out hushed.

“She tried to contact Mr. Noel. When he didn’t answer, she feared the worst.”

“Traced Mr. Noel’s final phone signal here—to No. 301, buried deep in this maze of crumbling buildings. I… I failed to stop Sadie.”

Tina’s voice cracked and faded to a whisper as moisture gathered in her eyes, threatening to spill over.

A crushing weight settled in Blaine’s chest.

“Enough. We don’t have time for this,” he said, his fingers wrapping around Tina’s wrist with sudden force. “Let’s go.”

Tina offered no resistance. Even with his fingers digging into her wrist, she quickened her steps to match his urgent stride.

moment, everything else faded into background noise—only Noah

advanced through the shadows, her

numbers painted on the building’s

target lay just ahead: 301, where Noah’s signal

a sharp gesture, freezing the team in

We’re almost

to advance, Nathan’s arm

as his voice turned steel-hard. “Sadie, I go first.

went beyond simple

the key to everything he had spent years building. The entire Higgins family’s legacy rested on her shoulders. Losing her here would destroy everything he had fought

a cutting voice sliced through the tension. “Dad, calm

love are at

gaze sharpened to razor points in an

Nathan down with her behind a section of collapsed brick

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