Chapter 10: Frozen
It’s a desperate gamble, but when has Cadence ever wanted to do things the easy way?
I’m afraid to ask what she has in mind for Maryam and the enforcers tasked with clearing their path. But I have to admit there’s a certain genius to luring them so far away from the mayor’s sumptuous apartments. No one’s going to come looking for them all the way down here, not for a good long while. And every hour Cadence can manage free from pursuit is precious.
Cadence walks a step behind Maryam, a bland expression fixed on her face. The guards range ahead. I peer past to get a better look at whomever it is they’re so careful to send scuttling. Are there more people lurking down here than before? Where have they been hiding? And, most important of all: who are they?
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