After pointing the way out to several groups of people, she finally reached Christopher and Adelaide. They were on their knees huddled against the wall. Christopher had taken off his sports coat and put it around Adelaide. He’d also taken off his white dress shirt and tied it around Adelaide’s head to try to help her breathe more easily. He’d tucked Adelaide into his front and was hovered over her protectively. Alabama could see him trying to take in the room, most likely to find an escape.
Alabama took half a second to admire Christopher’s physique before snapping herself back to the emergency at hand. She didn’t have time to gawk at how muscular he was and ignored how her stomach actually clenched at her first view of Christopher’s six pack abs.
“Christopher,” Alabama yelled as she gra
