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

He dropped his forehead to the top of her head, squeezing his eyes shut. Rather than block out the effects of the magic, it heightened them, making every curl along his flesh a living thing. Gideon swallowed. The blockage in his throat remained. All the blood he’d ingested earlier threatened to come back up, bile burning in his chest.


Her voice was soft now, reaching his ears beneath the chants. The wrong scent was still there, but she was shifting her tactics now. The panic was gone. So was the fear. Now, the demon was forcing Emma to project every feeling of love she had ever experienced, and it seeped through Gideon’s skin like soaking in a blood bath.


“Don’t you dare.” He shook her to make his point. Her teeth rattled from the force. Michelle’s gaze turned to stone, but she wasn’t the one being subjected to this. She wasn’t the one who had to feel Emma right now.


Chapter 69