Rescuing their missing third was supposed to be the difficult part. But Jesse Madding and Gideon Keel are learning their work is only beginning.<br><br>One month after her return to her normal life, Emma Coolidge seems to be healthy and well-adjusted from the time she spent captive in a hell dimension. Every night, though, reveals the depths of her trauma. She doesn't dream; she sleepwalks. When Gideon catches her unconsciously searching for a book about dimensional magic, he knows that it's time to put an end to her torment.<br><br>But Emma isn't the only who can't seem to adjust. Jesse doesn't know how to handle his new powers when he's with Emma. Gideon fears that neither of his lovers need him at all anymore. And always, there's the fear Castelain will return to seize Emma, the prize she has already claimed as her own.

The Price of His Redemption

“We were…we were in the kitchen. Fooling around. She teased me, and I pulled her on my lap to…spank her a little. Then we thought we should come down here, and I figured you’d either sense us, or I’d blindfold her and pop upstairs to get you. But once I had her in the swing, I mentioned using the flogger on her, and she asked me to. She didn’t have her walls up.”


“And you thought that was a good idea?”


“No…I just…I thought I could control everything. And I was until she…took my hand and made me touch her. The physical contact…it was too much. Every time I hit her with the flogger, I felt it like…like you were using it on me. And she said she wanted more…and if I had been thinking I would have known to stop but…”


Chapter 14