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

Once Gideon had sheathed himself completely, nobody moved for several beats of Emma’s heart. Jesse held her tightly against him, and she dropped her head back to his shoulder, gasping for breath, forcing her lungs to work again. Being caught between their bodies forced Emma to acknowledge how much strength, how much power, hid just below the surface of their skin.


Gideon moved first, and Jesse followed his lead, gently rocking with the rhythm that the vampire established. Emma closed her eyes, and for a moment, she couldn’t tell where her body ended, where either one of them began, where either one of them ended. Boundaries ceased to matter as they moved with each other.


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