Chapter 5

Sergio faltered. "How could you possibly..."

My colleagues beat a hasty retreat, leaving us alone.

I massaged the knot in my neck, annoyed. "Didn't I say I was stuck in Khario? But you brushed it off with your 'plans' and told me to just wait it out?

"You left me hanging in a blizzard so you could whisk that girl off to an amusement park—and now that I'm back in one piece, you're the one throwing a fit?"

Sergio knew he'd screwed up and dialed back his tone. "Wendi, I admit it—this was my bad. I assumed your connection was…