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

He looked up through his lashes, trying to steal a quick glance of Gideon’s face. It was still set in an impossibly hard mask, not offering any view of what was going on in his mind, except that his anger hadn’t yet abated.


“Maybe I’ve been too easy on you these past six months. Maybe that’s why you think you can ignore anybody’s feelings but your own.”


Jesse flinched, but he didn’t attempt to deny Gideon’s accusation. He couldn’t, because the past six months felt gray and nebulous. The pain, the anticipation, Gideon’s voice, his anger, it was all too real. He inclined his head, a brief nod of agreement.


“Do you have any idea how much I love you?” Gideon’s hands went to his belt, slowly unbuckling it and sliding the leather from the loops of his jeans. The sound made his cock jump, which sent a fresh jolt through his balls. “I asked you a question, boy. I suggest you answer it before I decide to just leave you in that until we get out of this fucking place.”


Chapter 66