Chapter 7Jesse’s library was full of books, painstakingly reassembled after the fire in Gideon’s apartment basically destroyed every volume he owned. It took him years and trips to every corner of the Earth to rebuild his collection. Gideon had rolled his eyes occasionally, muttering a few things about how they have the Internet now, but mostly, Jesse was allowed to assemble his library in peace. Over their years in the large mansion, many of the rooms had assumed certain personalities, each one reflecting the primary user’s needs and desires. Jesse mainly kept to the library, his office just off the library, the kitchen, and the den when either Emma or Dominique could coax him into watching a movie with them. But despite the hours, the days, that he had invested in the rooms he had claime
