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

“Missed you, too,” Jesse murmured. “Missed having you where you belong.”


She turned into his chest at that, lifting her chin to seek out his mouth. Love and lust, so tightly wound together as to be indistinguishable, burst between them, tangible even to Gideon sprawled along the foot of the bed. His careful attention to stretching her wavered with a scratch of his nails, a slight sting she’d transmitted to Jesse before she even realized she was doing it.


Neither of them were in a rush. Each thrust of Gideon’s fingers, each kiss and caress from Jesse, seemed calculated to prolong the contact and drive her out of her mind. Jesse kissed her neck below her ear, the hollow of her throat, each hard nipple, and then claimed her mouth, catching her moans and pleas. His mouth clung to hers, until her lungs burned and her moans morphed into desperate whimpers. Only then did Gideon pull his fingers free from her body.


Jesse broke from her mouth and kissed a line to her ear. “Turn around.”


Chapter 45