252 Chapter 252

I stepped away from Christian, hopping he hadn't detected anything nefarious. He seemed a little embarrassed that I'd hugged him, so I crossed my arms and tried to seem nonchalant, stepping out of the way of his pacing. When he wasn't paying attention to me again, I shifted and put my hand in my pocket quickly without him detecting what I was up to. I then refocused my attention on my sister.

Cadence had her Glock in front of her and was walking slowly along a catwalk. A railing ran along her left side, a row of empty black cells to her right. On the other side of the railing was a steep drop into the blackness and the first story. Across from the abyss, I could see the same setup mirrored on the other side and assumed there would be a place down at the end of the narrow walkway where Cadence could turn around and come down the other side. If she made it that far.