38-year-old Abby Miller didn't 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 son's 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 half-human half-alien boy which his assistant Bladkov had brought all the way from Earth. Sparks fly as soon as Abby and Dr. Ashkin lay eyes on one another. Despite Abby's 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 knows.

As their hearts heal each other's 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.