I stared at the screen, the phone vibrating against my palm like a trapped insect.

Derek looked at the screen, too, his face hardening.

“Don’t answer it,” he said.

I looked from the phone to my brother’s face.

I swiped the screen to decline the call.

But before I could put the phone away, a new notification popped up on the screen.

It was an email from the Solar Reach security server.

The alert read: *Breach detected. Server room door opened.*

I stared at the glowing blue text on my screen.

The server room was on the basement level, two floors below my office.

“What is it?” Derek asked, leaning over my shoulder.

“Someone is in the server room,” I said.

I didn’t wait for him to reply.

I grabbed my keys from the desk and ran toward the heavy glass doors of the executive suite.

The hallway was quiet, the evening light casting long, gray shadows across the carpet.

My heels clicked sharply against the floor as I hurried toward the elevator.

Derek stayed right beside me, his long strides easily matching my pace.