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

Michelle looked tired, and Emma slipped an arm around her waist, helping support her weight as they headed back to the sidewalk. “Do you need to rest first? Should we go back to the bookstore?”


“Yes. We won’t be able to start until tomorrow morning. I’m tired and the damage I’ve done to the dimension with the portal needs time to heal.”


“What kind of damage have you done?”


“What if I ripped open your skin so I could get a good look at what’s on the other side? It’s not much different than that.”


“So nothing that’s going to affect Gideon and Jesse directly?”


“I don’t know, Emma. I was positive I could keep everything together and everybody safe with a limit of five days. Now that the window is closed, I don’t know what’s going to happen.”


She knew Michelle was tired of her questions, but until she had answers, Emma wasn’t going to stop. In fact, she wasn’t going to stop until Gideon and Jesse were safely home.


Chapter 57