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

“Tell me you’re hungry,” he said when he heard Jess enter. “I feel like messing around in the kitchen.”


“I am starving.” Jesse wrapped his arms around Gideon from behind, his head resting against Gideon’s shoulder. “But I have to run out for a quick errand while you’re messing around in the kitchen.”


“Did I miss you getting home?” The heat seeping from the other man was better than the shower he’d just stepped out of. “You should’ve come and woke me up.”


“No, I just got in. I stopped by so you wouldn’t worry about me being late. Not that I think this’ll take me very long.”


“Go see if Foster has been hanging around the Holy Name Cathedral.”


That was unusual enough to make Gideon stop and look back at Jesse. “Did you and Michelle figure out his hiding place?”


Chapter 55