“I sent Christian a text, but who knows if he even took his phone,” Aaron continued.

“Surely he did,” Aurora said. “Who goes on vacation and doesn’t take their phone?”

“I hope he did, but until he gets in touch, I’ll be a little concerned about him,” Aaron said.

“Why? He just threw you in a portal.” Cassidy was clearly not over the situation, even if Christian had done his best to redeem himself later.

“I’ve known Christian a really long time, Cass. He doesn’t always make good decisions. In fact, he makes a lot of really horrible, dangerous decisions, but that doesn’t mean I want him to get hurt—or...