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

Satisfaction snaked through Jesse. The sort of satisfaction that could only come from knowing he was exactly where he belonged, that he belonged to Gideon completely, that Gideon belonged to him. He buried himself in Gideon, filling him, and Gideon responded by biting a little bit harder, swallowing another mouthful of blood. The added pain was unexpected but not unwelcome, and Jesse froze, a dark wave of pleasure rushing through him. His cock jerked against Gideon’s walls, and he came with a sharp moan. Almost as soon as he shot into Gideon’s ass, Gideon’s cock jerked against his stomach, covering him in streams of come.


Gideon eased his fingers out of Jesse’s ass at the same time he extracted his fangs. Delicately, he licked over the puncture marks, catching the stray droplets that tickled along Jesse’s skin, before skimming his lips up to Jesse’s ear.


“No more worries,” he whispered. “No more fear. I’m fine, and I’m not going anywhere.”


Chapter 42