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

“You could always do something about this big hole in the dimension before somebody we actually like gets killed,” Gideon snapped at her.


Michelle didn’t look away from the big hole, but she did wave her hand. Gideon spun around in time to see the broken tombstone just before it smashed into his broken ribs. Gideon growled, prepared to return the favor and chuck the same piece of stone at her head when he realized she was intoning words he didn’t understand.


He pushed himself back to his feet, his eyes golden as he swept the landscape. The others were around here somewhere. With Michelle taking care of the dimension, he could help with the actual hand-to-hand fighting. A visual scan revealed nothing, but there were heartbeats, fast and too thick to discern, coming from behind the church.


Chapter 68