Having Jesse home again is the only reason Gideon Keel needs to celebrate.  But their private party at Sangre screeches to a premature halt when their home is raided, Dominique is taken by Children's Services, and Jesse's counterpart is arrested.  Meanwhile, Emma's case has been reopened, but that is only the beginning of the fallout.<br><br>Jesse and Gideon must draw new boundaries for their relationship, deal with new rules and expectations in their lives, and stay one step ahead of Foster, the immortal who will stop at nothing to destroy Jesse before he can take his place as a proper Guardian.

The Age of Retribution

Carly raced out of the room, and Gideon only caught a quick glimpse of her holding her neck and crying before she disappeared.


“Are you crazy?” Gideon knocked Jesse’s arm loose but came up short when Jess suddenly blocked the door. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”


“I think I’m stopping you from murdering the sister of the man you also had killed. Did you think I’d just calmly stand by and let you suck her dry?”


He stared at him, incredulous. “She’sthe one who attacked me. Why am I the bad guy here?”


Jesse blinked. “Why are you the bad guy? You aimed Foster at her brother. You tried to kill her, twice, when you knowyou didn’t have to do that. Those are both bad things, Gideon.”


“Foster was going to find Ray Serrano sooner or later anyway. The man was nuts. But if you want me to be sorry about that, you’re shit out of luck. I did what I had to. I needed a Guardian to find you. I had to flush one out of the woodwork, one way or another.”


Chapter 21