Stopping a murder that happened forty years earlier may be the only way to heal a tortured mind ...<br><br>Six months after Jesse Madding is brutally tortured by Marcus Brooker, he is still experiencing flashbacks, panic attacks, and jumping at his own shadow. His lovers, Gideon Keel and Emma Coolidge, would do anything to help him, but Jesse refuses to be hospitalized for treatment, or even visit a therapist. Desperate for a change, Gideon and Emma suggest a radical solution.<br><br> Jesse wants to fix his life. More than anything, he wants to be normal again. He doesn't want to live in fear. He doesn't want to be ashamed of his scarred and mutilated body. He doesn't want to shy away from Gideon's touch. Certain that the holding pattern will kill him, he agrees to Gideon and Emma's proposed solution: travel to an alternative dimension and save Marcus Brooker from witnessing Mary's grisly murder ... in order to save Brooker's soul.

Chaos and Communion

“I think I’m ready for a private showing.”


Stretching out, Gideon folded his fingers behind his head, his legs sprawled so that the line of his erection was more than clear. Experience told Jesse it was a deliberate act. Gideon might let him fuck him now, but it was all too clear who was still in charge. “When we get home, then. Right now, you can’t fuck me when we both have so many clothes still on.”


Jesse pulled Gideon’s pants down his legs, then paused again to study him. There was nothing wrong with his body. Nothing. Jesse had seen him like this a million times, but Gideon’s body never failed to stun him. He stripped his own clothes off quickly, grimacing slightly at the stiffness of the shirt and pants. His own sweat and Gideon’s blood had pretty much ensured neither could be worn again.


Once naked, he knelt between Gideon’s legs, his mouth watering for a taste. Gripping Gideon’s thighs, he bent his head and ran his tongue down his shaft, from the crown to his smooth sac


Chapter 40