Inside, Elliott and Ashley had already cornered the other two and taken them out. Elliott was in the process of explaining to a group of onlookers that it was all a new street show while Ashley raided a custodian’s closet for a broom. Jamie made his way back to the platform, noting he’d find the surveillance room, and Cadence breathed in the warm Nevada air, glad she was no longer affected by temperature or else she’d likely be sweltering, despite the hour and the fact that she was still drenched.

“See, I told you Jamie could handle it.”

She’d been aware her beloved was approaching before he came to be...