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

He scrabbled over its rough surface, trying to find something, anything, that would help. Maybe the wall was an illusion. Yes. That was it. Castelain was using magic to hide Emma. Except it felt real. When he cut the fleshy heel of his hand against a sharp edge, the blood welling to the surface of his skin was real. The smears the blood left behind on the wall were real, too.


“Emma! Emma!” He pounded against the wall, unmindful of the pain shooting up his arm. “Emma, can you hear me?” Or feel me?He moved up and down the wall, kicking at the bottom. “Emma? Please.”


Grit rubbed into the open cuts on his hands. When the skin became raw from his pounding, he looked around for the collar he’d discarded at the start. It rested, forgotten, on the floor several feet away, and he snatched it up, winding it around and around his right hand. The leather would protect him. It might get scratched and scuffed, but he had to keep trying.


Chapter 76