"Will Caleb's match go on as planned? Is he still in danger?" I couldn’t help but worry about him.

“He’ll be fine,” Ashton replied, his tone calm and confident.

I stared out into the dark night beyond the window. “Do I really have to go back home?”

There was a pause before Ashton said, “Wait for my update. And... delete that contact.”

For a brief moment, it felt like he was going to say more, but instead, he hung up.

Between being in a foreign ...