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

“No, I’m not allergic to chicken and rice.” He sat down at the table, watching as she poured the soup into a pan. “Do you need anything? Blood or anything? I can run out and pick up a few things.”


Mary shook her head. “Hal’s bringing over supplies.” She cast him another sweeping glance. “Let me get this going and I’ll call him and ask to bring some clothes for you. You look like a little kid playing dress-up in Gideon’s stuff.”


“Yeah.” Jesse smoothed his hand over his chest. “Thank you. I appreciate that. We couldn’t carry much for this trip. I suppose if I told you that his clothes used to fit better, you’d insist on feeding me more soup.”


Her smile was warm, as comforting as the familiar smell already wafting from the stove. “I’m a little surprised he let you out, looking like that. I’ve never known a guy who took clothes as seriously as some women do.”


Chapter 43