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

“No. We haven’t had a chance to talk about it yet. What’s happening?”


“We got the case officially re-opened yesterday. Once Michelle dropped those kidnapping charges, I sat down and started re-organizing all the physical evidence we had from the scene. Gideon wanted copies so we can start trying to track down the demons that snatched her.” Derek shot him a worried frown as he pulled into the intersection. “He didn’t tell you this? He was pretty excited about finally getting something tangible to work on.”


“No. I was trying to keep Dominique from pulling a Houdini, and then I came home and Michelle was there, yelling at Gideon. Once I got that situation diffused and told Michelle to go see to Dominique, we barely made it upstairs before Carly knocked on the door…” Jesse rubbed his eyes with his forefinger and thumb, trying to massage some of the grit away. “Then she ran away and here I am. Have you got any demonic physical evidence?”


Chapter 25