Chapter 3Emma loved being home. She had few memories of how her absence had been instigated and what had actually happened in that interim. There was just the horror of seeing Jesse struck down, of being ripped through dimensions, and then scattered images of afterward, but she remembered enough to make her grateful to be back where she belonged. With Jesse, with Gideon, in the home they had created together. Finding Michelle and Dominique in residence had been more than a little shocking, especially after she found out what Michelle had dared to do to Jesse, but Emma was slowly adjusting to their presence. The important thing was she had Jesse and Gideon at her fingertips. All she had to do was say the word—or if Jesse was nearby, send out a wave of longing—and they were there.
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