Arson forces Gideon Keel and his human lovers, Jesse Madding and Emma Coolidge, to find a new home after all their possessions are destroyed. Jesse and Emma are drawn to a decaying mansion that once served as a boarding school, but has long since sat abandoned. With its winding halls and haphazard wings, its private chapel, and its two-story library, the house is too fascinating to refuse.<br><br>But something sinister lurks in those winding halls. Something violent and dark. Something that locks the house, steals Gideon’s memories, possesses Emma’s body, and threatens Jesse’s life on the evening of their housewarming party. As the night progresses and the body count increases, Jesse must find a way to stop Gideon from killing their friends. Even harder, Jesse must convince the vampire who doesn’t remember him, or the love the three of them share, to fight for their lives.

Dominion

It came with something else. One small light. Just enough illumination for Gideon to peer through the doorway and see the woman standing at the opposite end.


She wasn’t young. Disappointing. But she was soft in all the right places, and with the perfume was the scent of a kitchen, of sugar and flour and spices that always reminded him of a baker he’d eaten in Boston. In her short fingers, she held a candlestick, which cast dancing orange shadows across her lined face.


“You found light.” He held his hands up in surrender when the sound of his voice made her jerk, smiling as he ventured a step inside. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you.”


She knew him. He didn’t let the fact that he didn’t recognize her register on his face as he took another step closer. It wasn’t really a surprise that his reputation preceded him, though the fact that she just stood there as he approached was interesting.


“Did you get separated from the others?”


Chapter 41