437 Chapter 437

I recognized my sister's footsteps behind me even though my eyes were closed again. Amanda had stopped calling, so I was trying to find Stewart and getting nowhere. I opened them and turned to look at Cadence as she came to stand beside me. She was just as tired, frustrated, and upset as I wasbut not nearly as angry.

"Can I speak to you for a moment, Sis?" she asked, thumbing back down the hall.

I flew up out of the chair, literally, levitating for a moment before I stepped away with her. Glancing back at Ashley, I saw she had stopped crying, but her shoulders were doing that shuddering thing that sometimes happens when you've cried yourself into oblivion.

Down the hallway, my sister folded her arms and kept her voice down. "Christian did know, but we can't murder him. We need his help in getting them back."

I shook my head, my dander up again. Of course I knew he knew, but now that I knew my sister knew he knew I felt vindicated. "What makes you think he'll help us?"