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

This time, the edge sank into something soft. The demon whirled, but not before a spray of black fluid splattered across the wall. It vanished for a split second, leaving Jesse wondering where the hell it had gone to, then reappeared again in the entrance to the bathroom, lunging for Jesse’s legs with spindly arms that looked like they would snap at the slightest pressure.


Jesse jumped, bending his knees so the arm sliced through the air beneath him. As soon as he hit the ground, he brought the sword down. The sharp blade sliced cleanly through the limb, but it didn’t deter the demon from slapping him with its other spider-like appendage. Jesse shouted at the contact. It stung like a thin whip across his ribs.


The thing hissed, nothing resembling words though it looked like its mouth-like opening was forming them. Before his eyes, it faded, the dresser it stood in front of all of a sudden visible.


History taught him to remain vigilant. Alert. Even as the seconds passed.


Chapter 60