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

“He’s right,” Jesse said. “Look…we definitely need to figure out what’s happening before it gets worse, but the very fact that I can only sense it under certain circumstances tells me that it’s not harmful right now. At all. Because Emma…becoming a Guardian didn’t give me a vague sixth sense. It’s a part of who I am. I can see it all of the time. It moves when I breathe, it moves with my pulse. So I doknow what’s going to happen if we touch you. Just like I knew you wouldn’t be harmed when you teleported.”


Emma was still poised like she wanted to flee, her fingers folding the hem of her shirt back and forth between them. “For how long? And why doesn’t Michelle feel any of this when it happens? Why is it only you, Jess?” Her eyes glistened. “Do you know how much it kills me thinking I’m hurting you?”


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