38yearold Abby Miller didnt know what to do when her teenage son Kyle suddenly went missing shortly after a strange bluish light had appeared in the sky While investigating the incident on her own she stumbled upon a portal and found herself hurled through space to another planet where she meets her sons captors Meanwhile Dr Ashkin is dead set on discovering the antidote to the virus that has plagued his planet With the governor pressuring him to find a cure fast he has no other choice but to use his last chance the DNA of a halfhuman halfalien boy which his assistant Bladkov had brought all the way from EarthSparks fly as soon as Abby and Dr Ashkin lay eyes on one another Despite Abbys resolve to bring her son home as soon as possible she finds herself adjusting well to this new home and caring about an alien and a planet she hardly knowsAs their hearts heal each others past wounds and rediscover hope and love Abby is torn between going back to her life on Earth and leaving it forever to risk her heart again Standalone short story no cliffhangers