My name is Rylee. I don’t like it when people use my
last name, it reminds me of where I’m from and the people who turned on me. I
was adopted as a baby into a family where they couldn’t have children
naturally. But when I was ten, my parents got a surprise. A miracle baby, a
little girl with golden hair and bright blue eyes.
When I was sixteen, I was accused of killing her;
our parents believed the police. But I don’t really want to talk about that as
it was over ten years ago. I’m trying to let it go.
I’m a Tracker, a supernatural who can trace anyone’s
life threads finding them regardless of whether they’re dead or alive. I prefer
alive, dead is messy, but so often that is the case. I’m also an Immune, magic
slides off me as if I don’t exist. That is handy.
Gods, I’m sweating here trying not to swear. Are you
sure I can’t use at least one four letter word? No, of course not.
I never Track adults. They can bloody well take care
of themselves. I only ever Track kids. Probably I’m trying to make up for not
saving my sister. But I’ll leave that up to the psychologists out there to
decipher my motives.
Alex is my buddy, a werewolf trapped between forms;
half man, half wolf. Submissive, goofy and loyal to the bone he is the one spot
of bright light in my life. I think you’d like him the best of the two of us. I
know I can be a hard ass, I can’t seem to help it. But Alex has never met
someone he couldn’t win over with a floppy wave of his oversized paws. He might
not be the best back-up, but he makes me smile and in my world, that is enough.
Someone once asked me what it was like to Track kids
for parents who had no one else to turn to, for parents who’d lost hope that
their child would ever be returned to them.
This was my answer: It’s a weight and a
responsibility that sits on me, I took an oath that I would never stop Tracking
lost children. That I would put my life on the line for those who can’t save
themselves, and that I would fight to my last breath to keep a child alive.
And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
A
Rylee Adamson Novel
Book
8
Shannon
Mayer
Publisher: HiJinks Ink
Publishing, Ltd.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Book
Description:
"My name is Rylee and I am a
Tracker."
When children go missing, and the
Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing
home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.
The clock is ticking and I can
feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head.
The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing. And
with each name that is added to those we've lost, my confidence cracks a little
more.
Yet there is hope.
A child saved.
A life lost.
A prophecy fulfilled.
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Excerpt
from Wounded:
“You don’t think
that all of the disasters that humanity has faced were all natural, do you? The
bubonic plague is a good example. It was blamed on a number of things. Rats,
the Jewish people, punishment from God. It all led to a cleansing of anything
unusual. Mostly supernaturals, who were trying to blend in, and in that process
the humans wiped out many of their best defenders against the demon population,
which then went on to spread the plague across the world. But that is just one
example.”
“What was the
point though, wouldn’t the demons have wanted people to be alive so they could
possess them?” Liam asked.
Erik gave a
ruthful smile. “Yes and no. The bubonic plague wasn’t so much about killing
people off, as it was infecting them. Making them weak and easier to possess.
The plague compromised their immune systems, allowing them to be taken over.
Especially the young.”
Something about
what Erik said sent a twang through my brain. I struggled to put the pieces
together that floated just out of reach. Damn it. Liam touched my arm. “What?”
I closed my eyes
and pressed my palms into them, blocking out any light. “Just let me think for
a minute.”
The feel of the
night air and the sound of the fountain filled my ears as I looked at the
pieces one by one.
Demons escaped
in London who bred fast.
Minor
supernaturals were being possessed by lesser demons and evil spirits.
Packs of Orion’s
demons were free to cause chaos.
The only thing
we were missing was a plague and then Orion would have access to all the young
people he wanted. The urge to vomit swelled up through my stomach and burned
the back of my throat.
“Children are
normally hard to possess, aren’t they?” That was why it had taken a full
pentagram when the black coven was trying to have India possessed so many
months ago. At least, that was what I understood.
Bert bobbed his
head. “Yes, it can be very difficult to possess a child. There is a natural
protection over the young when it comes to demons, something the elementals put
into play.” He grimaced as he said ‘elemental’ and again I wondered at these
particular supernaturals that I’d only just been hearing about. “But when the
small humans are ill, that protection goes into keeping them alive, rather than
keeping them from being possessed.”
Feeling like a
bully, but not really caring, I leaned in to Bert. “How did the bubonic plague
really start?”
An interesting
thing happened. Bert paled and shook his head. “I can’t tell you.”
My eyebrows shot
up and I glanced at Erik. “You want to make him talk, or do you want me to make
him talk?”
Erik shrugged.
“Either way is fine. I haven’t interrogated a demon in years. I’ve missed it.”
Bert paled even
more and his lower lip trembled. “I can’t tell you. I can’t. Tracker, Slayer
both of you have to trust me. Please.”
“Begging will
get you nowhere, little demon.” Erik growled. He had a short, serrated knife in
his hand that he’d pulled from somewhere within his robes. It was curved, like
a skinning knife, and if it hadn’t been for the rough edges that’s what I would
have called it.
“Track demons
and evil spirits.” Bert blurted out as he fell to his knees. “Proof I am on
your side. Track them; you’ll see it isn’t me fooling you.”
Erik paused and
looked over at me. “Up to you. Personally, I’d just as soon dice him up.”
“Fuck, why not,
Tracking will take me two seconds.” I grumbled.
I send out a
thread to Track demons as a whole, paired with a thread for evil spirits, just
to satisfy—
Holy. Fucking.
Hell.
I swayed on my
feet and went to one knee, the overwhelming wash of pings I got back seriously
making me re-think getting out of bed the day before.
We were surrounded
by Orion’s minions.
Hundreds of
them.
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Shannon Mayer lives in the
southwestern tip of Canada with her husband, dog, cats, horse, and cows. When
not writing she spends her time staring at immense amounts of rain, herding old
people (similar to herding cats) and attempting to stay out of trouble.
Especially that last is difficult for her.
She is the author of the The
Rylee Adamson Novels, The Nevermore Trilogy, A Celtic Legacy series and several
contemporary romances.
Please visit her website at http://www.shannonmayer.com for more information on her novels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheShannonMayer
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Shannon-Mayer/e/B005L43124/
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