516 Chapter 516

First, I needed to check in on Christian. I was hoping to just scrape the periphery of his mind again so he wouldn't know I was there. He'd said he'd let me know when he was ready to chat, but it had been too long, and I was worried.

I should've been worried-er. It took me a while to get to him, and when I did, there was no periphery to scrape. I had to dig down pretty deeply through layers of blackness to find him, which was more than a little alarming. It wasn't nearly as bad as when I'd had to dig Aaron out of Holland's web, but it wasn't good. As soon as I stepped foot into his conscious mind, it became apparent that Christian had gotten himself into a bunch of trouble.

"Christian? Where are you?" I asked, finally pulling back enough layers of darkness that I could make contact with him.

"Oh, hey, Cass. Nice to hear from you. I'm in a hole. In the ground."