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 we can do that.” His Gideon looked to the other one. “He knows something is up, and we’re what he wants. There’s no way he’ll be able to resist if we set ourselves up.”


“Gideon’s not healed well enough for a fight,” Hal interjected.


“He was healed enough to sneak over to this club tonight,” Mary countered. Even Jesse quailed at the look she gave her vampire. “Which we’re going to talk about, by the way.”


“How strong is Henry?” Jesse asked. “Would you both need to fight him?”


The “Hardly,” and “Are you kidding me?” came at the same time, raising more than one set of brows. The two Gideons glanced at each other, but it was his that answered.


“I’ll take care of Henry. That’s the safest choice.”


Chapter 79