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

Gideon waited until Jesse was all the way in before shutting the door and folding his arms over his chest. “This is all for your own good. There’s nothing to be nervous about.”


Jesse inclined his head. “I know, Sir.” He glanced over to Emma again, his eyes slightly narrowed. “I’m trying not to be.”


“That’s because you don’t—” She broke off at Gideon’s stern glance. “I’m sorry.”


“He might not, but he will soon. Show him what I bought for you, Emma.”


Her hands smoothed over her hips in reflex to his order, jerking them away when she caught Gideon’s eye again. She went to the buttons on her blouse, fumbling as she undid them from the bottom, one by one. Any other day, the skin she exposed would have been a creamy, flawless expanse. Today, it was striped in red welts, blossoms of purple and blue mottling her stomach all the way to her breasts.


Chapter 19