Jesse Madding finds himself caught between three gorgeous men, an ancient demon, and a dedicated group of cultists ...<br><br>A simple case for Gideon Keel and Jesse Madding turns into something far more complicated when they discover their friend's trouble-prone nephew was doing a lot more than just studying demon history. Jonah stole a holy book, and now the cultists he stole it from want it back.<br><br>Protecting Jonah becomes even more vital when Jesse learns just who it is the cultists worship -- Castelain, an immortal demon who walks between worlds. Jesse finally has a name for the creature that stole Black John's power, the creature that wiped Gideon's memory, and the creature that possessed Emma. Might he also have a name for the being that nearly took his life and kidnapped Emma?

However Long the Night

Jesse sat cross-legged on the bed. Theirbed. The bed they had shared with Emma. The bed where he still dreamed of her. The bed that she would be returning to soon. He held her collar between his fingers, sliding his thumb up and down the smooth leather. She had been so proud of it, had worn it as often as she could. Why wasn’t she wearing it the morning Castelain took her? There must have been a reason, but Jesse couldn’t remember it now. That energy he had felt—her strength and fear and all the delicious nuances in between—was still coursing through his body.


Gideon stood by the door, arms folded over his chest. Though Jesse had asked him to sit, he’d refused, and now Jesse wished he’d been a little more persistent. Gideon’s hovering wasn’t helping him relax.


“You’re sure you can find her this way?” Gideon asked, not for the first time. Not even for the second.


Chapter 74