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This book starts off right where Veiled Threat ends. Rylee is trying to find a way to stop Orion and his demons. After a meeting of the council, Rylee, Liam, Doran, Erik, Faris and Berget get a rude awakening while questioning Bert (a demon doppelganger bound to Erik). Rylee wanted to know what Orion was planning. But since Bert, as were most demons, he was bound to Orion, he could not tell her. Rylee threatens to torture him for the information and he tells her to track demons and evil spirits. He says he is on their side. Well Rylee does. She gets the surprise of a life time. The Ogres camp, the outer line of their defense, was taken over by demons. the ogres, their allies were now the biggest danger to them all.

Needlesstosay all hell breaks loose in Rylee’s head but she keeps it together. Faris is told to get the veil open so they can get away. But Rylee, being Rylee, she can’t leave until she warns the Unicorns who are in the dead center of the Ogre’s camp. They’d be slaughtered and she couldn’t let that happen. Especially since they had Callie with them. She could be used as a weapon to free the demon master Orion. If the demons got her they were doomed; more so than usual.

Before Rylee can act Liam has a plan. He kisses Rylee bye and shifted, his feet hitting the ground on all fours paws as he runs off, opening his mind to the world. There is a pack close by. He uses his Alpha powers and pulls them to him, making them attack the Ogres. The element of surprise is a bitch. (laughs) The pack attacks the ogres and Liam runs to the rescue. No one the wiser that he was the reason they attacked. He calls the dogs off and then moves through the camp saying he needs to talk to the Crush. As Liam heads for the Crush he hears something in one of the tents, it’s Mer, a female ogre, mated to Raw. The leader of this horde. She has been beaten. Just another sign that the demons are out of hand. Liam takes her with him to speak to the crush. Once there Liam speaks to the leader, Callie’s father. He doesn’t tell them what all is going on he only tells them that Rylee wants them to go and protect the other side of Doran’s. The stallion knows there is something up. He asks Liam to keep Callie with him and take her back to Dorans’.

While Liam is speaking to the Crush’s leader Callie comes up and heals Mer. A simple act of a pure heart. Liam, Mer and Callie walk towards the edge of the camp; Liam feels a shift in the air and tells Mer to protect the foal at all costs. Raw steps out in front of them. Big ass red ogre with a demon in him is asking for an ass whoopin’. Liam tells Mer to run, she scoops up callie and takes off, getting to safety. Now it’s Liam, the wolves and the ogre possessed demons. A big ass fight breaks out and the ogres are attacked. During his fight with Raw Liam is stabbed with a curse bronze sword. It manages to take him down. He is lying helpless on the ground...

Back at Doran’s he and Pam send a spell to the ogres to try and expel the evil spirits from the ogres that they can. Rylee can feel when Liam is hurt. She, Erik and the Unicorns head off to the fight. Rylee uses what her uncle taught her of her slayer side and starts dispatching demons in a hurry. The fog that Dorin and Pamela sent to get the evil spirits out of the ogres hits them and works quickly. Now, we have ogres against ogres. The demons however and taking them down too quickly. Rylee has Blaz take Liam to safety and they hightail it back to Doran’s. They have to get to safety.

They only have moments once they are back at Doran’s before they are over run by demon possessed ogres attacking. Riley, Erik, Pamela, Alex, Frank and Bert are the only ones left at Doran’s. Faris got the other’s out and to Jacks place in London like she had said. They have to trust Bert (the demon bound to Erik) now to lead them out of this. Of course he is bound to Orion and as with any of the demons bound to Orion he can’t go against him so they are confronted by ogre demons. Pamela blasts their way through them and they get away. Rylee has Frank open the veil and he gets them close to the farm house. The hotel she always uses. John gives her a room and they try to rest. But as usual, that doesn’t happen.

As the group decides to leave the motel they run into a small group of demons. They have John. Rylee can not let them have him. Even if they are out numbered. As they start fighting against them Rylee kills one. A child’s body is left in it’s wake. The demons have taken children. It is one of the best ways to piss her off and throw her off her slayer game. Love is what she has to feel and be wrapped in to effectively kill demons. Hate, Anger, rage even only makes it harder for her to be effective. Their trick worked. The demons manage to maneuver around and capture Rylee. Orion’s necromancer has opened the veil and they disappear with Rylee.

Things though never go as they should. Or seem as they should. When Rylee is dropped, literally, into a room in the deep veil she questions his necromancer, sword still in hand. But the necromancer isn’t the one to answer her it is Milly. Milly had Rylee brought to the deepest veil so she could retrieve the purple book, the book of the lost from a spelled room. Since she has a natural immunity to magic and an immunity now to demon magic, Rylee was the only one that could get the book from Orion’s possession. It’s the book that will help Rylee defeat Orion. As she is lead to the books location Milley’s water breaks. Her baby is coming. Rylee runs up the last set of stairs and defeats the guard that is there to protect it. Running back down with the book she waits to see Milly’s child be born. Rylee promised her (in a previous book) that she would keep her baby from Orion. Just as the baby starts coming out (laughs.. gross I know) Orion shows up. Riley’s only way to attack him is bare handed. Literally. She jumps on him, grabbing his face from behind and holds on. Her love for her family starts her slayer mojo and she burns Orion. Badly. Herself as well but he is down for the count. After the baby is born him and the book are packed into Rylee’s hand and the veil is opened to her farm house. She hides in the barn buried in the hay until the others come to find her. She is severely burned from her hands to her elbows. Pain. Pain. Pain.

Charlie show up and says that they were all out looking for her. Riley tells him what has happened, that Milly is dead and now they have to hide the baby. After Erik, Pam, Alex and the others meet her at the old home they meet baby Zane (Rylee named him after Milly’s little brother who died when he was younger.) The innocent child they all have to protect now. They have to do anything in their powers to not let Orion get this kid. Pamela heals Rylee as best as she can. They had to make a plan. Rylee calls upon Charlie to take Zane to the first veil with him. He will be hidden from Orion there. Its a temporary fix but it’s not as if she could take him with her.

Thanks to Rylee’s gift of tracking she finds Kyle, her human hacker that helps her out at times and India a girl she saved months ago are together with a new kid, supposedly a tracker like her. They are in Boston. A place that made Rylee’s heart ache to be in. That is where her parents (adoptive of course) were. The last place she saw them before she was cast out by them because they believe she kill Berget. As they walk through the streets of Boston towards where Rylee is being pulled by the threads of her kids and the black coven that seems to have swallowed himself in around them she comes to a cross roads. Does she see her parents or not? A side trip is needed, while everyone waits for her Rylee takes off and runs to the place she grew up. While debating on ringing the buzzer her parents and a family friend show up and her mother, Amelia decides to be her ass of a self but her father he embraces Rylee. Asks her to come back, he knows she didn’t kill Berget. This fills Rylee with some hope as she runs back to her troops.

Once they arrive at the Navy yard they get a good look around. No one is around. It’s quiet… a little too quiet. As they make their way to the boat they hear a scream. The damn witches have her parents. Rylee is set into action and they all head for the boat. Making their way on is the easy part. Rylee follows the kids’ threads to the center of the boat. Four levels down there are her parents and witches, black and white (as in good and evil). The white witches (good witches) are bound and collared. Meaning they are binding them to demons. That would supe up their already high powers. They set a plan and get it into action fast. Riley and Alex head down to the bottom floor. Of course there was a fight but mid-fight something… you know I’m not sure what to call it.. amazing, completely out of the norm maybe… anyways Orion shows up and Rylee freaks out. There is no way she can defeat him here but the kicker is…. he isn’t there to hurt her.

Needlesstosay Orion takes out the black coven. He is there to save her, after all. With his powers, and they are a plenty, he claps his hands and the witches around them, good and bad all um.. well they kind of explode and fall to the floor. Rylee is so stunned, she has no idea why he is there. Even with the way he says things. I wanted to yell “HE’S AFTER YOUR BABY! RUN WOMAN, RUN!!” but it would have been pointless. Now that they are all dead Rylee and Alex set off to get the kids that are being held captive. Riley has to fight her way to them as the one that was the ‘tracker’ has been taken over by a demon. She and Alex kill him and get the kids out of the room they are locked in. The boat is steadily filling with water and they have to hurry. Berget and her vampire strength pull them out and they manage to all escape the ship, even her mother before it goes down.

Amelia, Riley and Berget’s ‘mother’ starts to yell at Rylee that she wasn’t satisfied with killing her sister now she had killed her father. As if any of this s*** was Ry’s fault. Rylee let’s go of her anger and lets Amelia have it and then walks away from her. Making it back to dry land Rylee has Frank open the veil again and they decide to go to New Mexico so she can speak to the Shamans.

In the mena time Rylee has no idea of what has been happening in New Mexico. Liam after waking up from being healed by the Shaman, Louisa is greeted by Beauty and her pack of muts. They are now loyal to Liam. It is a drawback to the power of the Guardian Alpha in him. He used it on them not once but twice. Now, Beauty thinks she is his mate. (laughs) Like they don’t have enough issues already. Liam needs to see Louisa so he can warn the other guardians of what is happening. They are all in danger as they are allies of Rylee’s. Orion is trying to take out everyone he can so she is left helpless and easy to pick off.

When Liam gets to Louisa’s Bear (her guardian) is the one that invites him in. After a little talking Hawk and Coyote turn up. (laughs) I had a Road Runner moment when I read that in the book.. anyhow, they all meet and the guardians tell them to just tell them what is going on. Not to wait for the shamans. After Liam tells them everything about Orion, the ogres, the plan to get away Bear and Hawk attack him. They are demon possessed. Liam and Coyote are the only ones left. They go on the defensive and it takes a bit of work but Liam takes down Hawk. Bear though, he is not that easy to take down. Bear injures Coote, then Liam. With a desperate howl the wolves come in and attack Bear. It is Coyote that tells them how to take him down. They get him down and dispose of him quickly.

When Rylee, Pam, Alex, Erik, Frank, Berget, India and Kyle they find Louisa’s house empty and the smell of shit and blood, as Alex says. (Gotta love that wolf) Hearing a howl they all freeze until Alex tells them that it is boss and his pack. (Rylee is like.. wah?) Liam approaches them and of course Beauty being beauty is right up his ass saying she is his mate. Yeah, that doesn’t go over well at all. Liam is forced to kill her or risk her trying to harm Rylee or tell her one of his secrets.

They talk and decide it’s high time to get their asses to Jack’s house in London. Blaz takes Rylee, Pamela, Erik, Berget, Frank, India, and Kyle to the old mine shaft close to the old farm. It will take a few hours to get them all where they need to be but Liam and his pack alongside Alex will wait and catch the second trip. Once Rylee and the gang get there they waste no time getting down the shaft and into the tunnels. They find the only open door and.. as usual it can’t be that easy to get over the doorway. The castle which is on the other side of the door is on fire. Pamela is able to keep it back so they can all run for it. Berget being a vampire and highly combustible chooses to stay behind. She will wait to warn Liam and the wolves.

Once Rylee and them are in London Frank gets the veil open and they cross over into Jacks yard. The harpies and unicorns are there waiting on them as planned. Doran is as well. Pamela stays behind to get Liam and the wolves through the raging fire. By the time Liam and Alex get to the door Pam is collapsed on the floor and fading fast. They make it out of the castle just in time. Pam passes out in Liam’s arms and he and ALex just run with her. Doran has a car waiting for them just up the road and they make it to Jack’s in relative good time.

A couple of days pass and Liam, Erik and Doran discuss the only plan that will be able to save Rylee from Orion. For a bit at least. His blood, the blood of a guardian will keep the door closed from the deep veil for a few months time. This will give them all time to prepare and get Rylee to a place of safety to save her and… their unborn child. As with any good plan there is a very bad part to it. Liam must die at the hand of someone that loves him. There is no way Rylee would go along with this in any way so he recruits Pam. She is his family, she loves him and now in order to save Rylee she has to kill him.

Pamela doesn’t want to do it. (I can’t blame her, family is family. Even if you have thoughts of stabbing them you really just can’t do it.. normally) No one tells Rylee or the others what is going on. The only ones in on the plan are Erik, Doran, Pam and Liam. It was heart breaking to see this play out. I can’t even pretend I did not ball like a baby. It was so emotional. to see it play out in my head. Rylee trying to get to him as she sees his threads slipping. The demons surrounding them as the castle falls around them. Making it easy to kill the demons. But Rylee loses Liam, for now. He said it was only for now. God, I hope that means he is coming back. I’ve had other books hit me hard but this one ripped me in two. Would I change a thing. No, it needs to play out as it does for Rylee and the baby. Liam did leave her a note and explained it all. There was no way to tell her face to face. He wouldn’t have been able to see her in pain.

Now, Rylee, Erik, Coyote and Blaz are off to take Riley, baby Zane and her unborn child to a safe place. They have six months before that door will open again. And I am sure when it does.. all hell will break lose.. in the literal sense of course.


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Wounded by Shannon Mayer (Rylee Adamson Series Book 8)
OMG! That is all I need to say! That is it! YES THIS WHOLE THING SHOULD BE IN CAPS!!! CRAZY!!!
Ok, back to reality. First my biggest suggestion is start the series in the beginning. You can purchase the whole series except 9 for under $15 if you purchase them together, which is what I probably should have done, but I didn’t lol. This is not a must but a request. She writes the books in a way you are able to read them without reading the others. If you have the books in kindle, (which is how I read them), you can click on old characters that are mentioned and it gives you a brief synopsis on who the characters are. I love this feature and have not come across it in any other of my readings. And I read allot!
Shannon Mayer is an artist who dared to go head first into a series about the end of the world, on a paranormal scale and not have it ending with butterflies and roses. It’s deep, it’s gut wrenching and I promise you in this book, you will ball your eyes out for love. No, many don’t read because they want to cry. And if you only read this book, you may not cry like you would if you followed the whole series, but you likely will have a tear.
My biggest beauty with this book is her meaning of family. There are no boundaries to what you will do for your family. The meaning of real family, not just blood, but one who has always been there for you though everything; family doesn’t mean who you are born to, it’s who loves you and sticks by through thick and thin. This pushes it in your face what real family does.
Do not read this book if you cannot deal with foul language. Frankly if I was dealing with the end of the world, the last thing I would care about is my language and word choice. I have noticed others do find offense to this in some posts regarding this series. My thought on this is….the F Bomb would be used ALLOT by me if I was being chased by the father of all demons.
Character development…this is where it would have been best if you read from the beginning. It’s more in depth within each book, able to pick up bits and pieces along the way.
The book is about Rylee’s life as a Tracker. A Tracker is someone who has a psychic link to a lost person. She is able to find those who are lost or taken. In the series this never changes, but she ends up now being a savior to the world.
The end of the world is near, Orion (the king demon) is trying to possess someone in order to come through to this plane. She has to run through all these hurdles to stop the events from taking place. She does this with her trusty family, her motley crew of people. She has dragons, werewolves, vampires, zombies, necromancers, witches, spirits, worriers, ogres and others who help her with this journey. She is the savior of lost souls, a worrier to help our world; she is Rylee Adamson….Tracker.
I am absolutely enthralled by this series. I don't know what it is. Seriously, I don't. Rylee is pure goodness, whether she realizes it or not. It is the thread that winds through her being, and she fights it to stay "sane". She uses prolific profanity, but that's her defense mechanism. It keeps her grounded. It's the fact that she is led by her heart that forces this. She needs to feel "normal," so she uses profanity to convince herself that she's still human, even though she far more good than she lets herself believe. Although, at the very end of this book, I think she might be starting to realize it.

About where the storyline is going, I think we all saw the ending coming, although not quite like this. And the other subtle hints that I saw in this book (but I don't want this review to be a spoiler, so I'll keep them to myself) tell me that I've been right since Book 6 on what's coming next with the other characters (the rest of her extended family). Mostly with Alex, but Pamela as well.

I will also say that I was sadder for Alex than I was for Rylee. Alex, being who he is, hides nothing, and his grief made me totally break down. I had to put the iPad down for a few minutes and compose myself. I'm such a softie.

Regardless, I am simply utterly enthralled with this series. There's just nothing about it that I don't like. I think that's why it only took me two days to read this. Ugh, waiting is so hard. Do you know how many other books I read while I am waiting for the next Rylee Adamson book? Well, too many, I'll tell you that. But as "the fixer" said in Toy Story 2, "You can't rush art."

So Shannon, take your time, don't rush your art. We'll still be here for "Darkness Rising."
This book starts off right where Veiled Threat ends. Rylee is trying to find a way to stop Orion and his demons. After a meeting of the council, Rylee, Liam, Doran, Erik, Faris and Berget get a rude awakening while questioning Bert (a demon doppelganger bound to Erik). Rylee wanted to know what Orion was planning. But since Bert, as were most demons, he was bound to Orion, he could not tell her. Rylee threatens to torture him for the information and he tells her to track demons and evil spirits. He says he is on their side. Well Rylee does. She gets the surprise of a life time. The Ogres camp, the outer line of their defense, was taken over by demons. the ogres, their allies were now the biggest danger to them all.

Needlesstosay all hell breaks loose in Rylee’s head but she keeps it together. Faris is told to get the veil open so they can get away. But Rylee, being Rylee, she can’t leave until she warns the Unicorns who are in the dead center of the Ogre’s camp. They’d be slaughtered and she couldn’t let that happen. Especially since they had Callie with them. She could be used as a weapon to free the demon master Orion. If the demons got her they were doomed; more so than usual.

Before Rylee can act Liam has a plan. He kisses Rylee bye and shifted, his feet hitting the ground on all fours paws as he runs off, opening his mind to the world. There is a pack close by. He uses his Alpha powers and pulls them to him, making them attack the Ogres. The element of surprise is a bitch. (laughs) The pack attacks the ogres and Liam runs to the rescue. No one the wiser that he was the reason they attacked. He calls the dogs off and then moves through the camp saying he needs to talk to the Crush. As Liam heads for the Crush he hears something in one of the tents, it’s Mer, a female ogre, mated to Raw. The leader of this horde. She has been beaten. Just another sign that the demons are out of hand. Liam takes her with him to speak to the crush. Once there Liam speaks to the leader, Callie’s father. He doesn’t tell them what all is going on he only tells them that Rylee wants them to go and protect the other side of Doran’s. The stallion knows there is something up. He asks Liam to keep Callie with him and take her back to Dorans’.

While Liam is speaking to the Crush’s leader Callie comes up and heals Mer. A simple act of a pure heart. Liam, Mer and Callie walk towards the edge of the camp; Liam feels a shift in the air and tells Mer to protect the foal at all costs. Raw steps out in front of them. Big ass red ogre with a demon in him is asking for an ass whoopin’. Liam tells Mer to run, she scoops up callie and takes off, getting to safety. Now it’s Liam, the wolves and the ogre possessed demons. A big ass fight breaks out and the ogres are attacked. During his fight with Raw Liam is stabbed with a curse bronze sword. It manages to take him down. He is lying helpless on the ground...

Back at Doran’s he and Pam send a spell to the ogres to try and expel the evil spirits from the ogres that they can. Rylee can feel when Liam is hurt. She, Erik and the Unicorns head off to the fight. Rylee uses what her uncle taught her of her slayer side and starts dispatching demons in a hurry. The fog that Dorin and Pamela sent to get the evil spirits out of the ogres hits them and works quickly. Now, we have ogres against ogres. The demons however and taking them down too quickly. Rylee has Blaz take Liam to safety and they hightail it back to Doran’s. They have to get to safety.

They only have moments once they are back at Doran’s before they are over run by demon possessed ogres attacking. Riley, Erik, Pamela, Alex, Frank and Bert are the only ones left at Doran’s. Faris got the other’s out and to Jacks place in London like she had said. They have to trust Bert (the demon bound to Erik) now to lead them out of this. Of course he is bound to Orion and as with any of the demons bound to Orion he can’t go against him so they are confronted by ogre demons. Pamela blasts their way through them and they get away. Rylee has Frank open the veil and he gets them close to the farm house. The hotel she always uses. John gives her a room and they try to rest. But as usual, that doesn’t happen.

As the group decides to leave the motel they run into a small group of demons. They have John. Rylee can not let them have him. Even if they are out numbered. As they start fighting against them Rylee kills one. A child’s body is left in it’s wake. The demons have taken children. It is one of the best ways to piss her off and throw her off her slayer game. Love is what she has to feel and be wrapped in to effectively kill demons. Hate, Anger, rage even only makes it harder for her to be effective. Their trick worked. The demons manage to maneuver around and capture Rylee. Orion’s necromancer has opened the veil and they disappear with Rylee.

Things though never go as they should. Or seem as they should. When Rylee is dropped, literally, into a room in the deep veil she questions his necromancer, sword still in hand. But the necromancer isn’t the one to answer her it is Milly. Milly had Rylee brought to the deepest veil so she could retrieve the purple book, the book of the lost from a spelled room. Since she has a natural immunity to magic and an immunity now to demon magic, Rylee was the only one that could get the book from Orion’s possession. It’s the book that will help Rylee defeat Orion. As she is lead to the books location Milley’s water breaks. Her baby is coming. Rylee runs up the last set of stairs and defeats the guard that is there to protect it. Running back down with the book she waits to see Milly’s child be born. Rylee promised her (in a previous book) that she would keep her baby from Orion. Just as the baby starts coming out (laughs.. gross I know) Orion shows up. Riley’s only way to attack him is bare handed. Literally. She jumps on him, grabbing his face from behind and holds on. Her love for her family starts her slayer mojo and she burns Orion. Badly. Herself as well but he is down for the count. After the baby is born him and the book are packed into Rylee’s hand and the veil is opened to her farm house. She hides in the barn buried in the hay until the others come to find her. She is severely burned from her hands to her elbows. Pain. Pain. Pain.

Charlie show up and says that they were all out looking for her. Riley tells him what has happened, that Milly is dead and now they have to hide the baby. After Erik, Pam, Alex and the others meet her at the old home they meet baby Zane (Rylee named him after Milly’s little brother who died when he was younger.) The innocent child they all have to protect now. They have to do anything in their powers to not let Orion get this kid. Pamela heals Rylee as best as she can. They had to make a plan. Rylee calls upon Charlie to take Zane to the first veil with him. He will be hidden from Orion there. Its a temporary fix but it’s not as if she could take him with her.

Thanks to Rylee’s gift of tracking she finds Kyle, her human hacker that helps her out at times and India a girl she saved months ago are together with a new kid, supposedly a tracker like her. They are in Boston. A place that made Rylee’s heart ache to be in. That is where her parents (adoptive of course) were. The last place she saw them before she was cast out by them because they believe she kill Berget. As they walk through the streets of Boston towards where Rylee is being pulled by the threads of her kids and the black coven that seems to have swallowed himself in around them she comes to a cross roads. Does she see her parents or not? A side trip is needed, while everyone waits for her Rylee takes off and runs to the place she grew up. While debating on ringing the buzzer her parents and a family friend show up and her mother, Amelia decides to be her ass of a self but her father he embraces Rylee. Asks her to come back, he knows she didn’t kill Berget. This fills Rylee with some hope as she runs back to her troops.

Once they arrive at the Navy yard they get a good look around. No one is around. It’s quiet… a little too quiet. As they make their way to the boat they hear a scream. The damn witches have her parents. Rylee is set into action and they all head for the boat. Making their way on is the easy part. Rylee follows the kids’ threads to the center of the boat. Four levels down there are her parents and witches, black and white (as in good and evil). The white witches (good witches) are bound and collared. Meaning they are binding them to demons. That would supe up their already high powers. They set a plan and get it into action fast. Riley and Alex head down to the bottom floor. Of course there was a fight but mid-fight something… you know I’m not sure what to call it.. amazing, completely out of the norm maybe… anyways Orion shows up and Rylee freaks out. There is no way she can defeat him here but the kicker is…. he isn’t there to hurt her.

Needlesstosay Orion takes out the black coven. He is there to save her, after all. With his powers, and they are a plenty, he claps his hands and the witches around them, good and bad all um.. well they kind of explode and fall to the floor. Rylee is so stunned, she has no idea why he is there. Even with the way he says things. I wanted to yell “HE’S AFTER YOUR BABY! RUN WOMAN, RUN!!” but it would have been pointless. Now that they are all dead Rylee and Alex set off to get the kids that are being held captive. Riley has to fight her way to them as the one that was the ‘tracker’ has been taken over by a demon. She and Alex kill him and get the kids out of the room they are locked in. The boat is steadily filling with water and they have to hurry. Berget and her vampire strength pull them out and they manage to all escape the ship, even her mother before it goes down.

Amelia, Riley and Berget’s ‘mother’ starts to yell at Rylee that she wasn’t satisfied with killing her sister now she had killed her father. As if any of this s*** was Ry’s fault. Rylee let’s go of her anger and lets Amelia have it and then walks away from her. Making it back to dry land Rylee has Frank open the veil again and they decide to go to New Mexico so she can speak to the Shamans.

In the mena time Rylee has no idea of what has been happening in New Mexico. Liam after waking up from being healed by the Shaman, Louisa is greeted by Beauty and her pack of muts. They are now loyal to Liam. It is a drawback to the power of the Guardian Alpha in him. He used it on them not once but twice. Now, Beauty thinks she is his mate. (laughs) Like they don’t have enough issues already. Liam needs to see Louisa so he can warn the other guardians of what is happening. They are all in danger as they are allies of Rylee’s. Orion is trying to take out everyone he can so she is left helpless and easy to pick off.

When Liam gets to Louisa’s Bear (her guardian) is the one that invites him in. After a little talking Hawk and Coyote turn up. (laughs) I had a Road Runner moment when I read that in the book.. anyhow, they all meet and the guardians tell them to just tell them what is going on. Not to wait for the shamans. After Liam tells them everything about Orion, the ogres, the plan to get away Bear and Hawk attack him. They are demon possessed. Liam and Coyote are the only ones left. They go on the defensive and it takes a bit of work but Liam takes down Hawk. Bear though, he is not that easy to take down. Bear injures Coote, then Liam. With a desperate howl the wolves come in and attack Bear. It is Coyote that tells them how to take him down. They get him down and dispose of him quickly.

When Rylee, Pam, Alex, Erik, Frank, Berget, India and Kyle they find Louisa’s house empty and the smell of shit and blood, as Alex says. (Gotta love that wolf) Hearing a howl they all freeze until Alex tells them that it is boss and his pack. (Rylee is like.. wah?) Liam approaches them and of course Beauty being beauty is right up his ass saying she is his mate. Yeah, that doesn’t go over well at all. Liam is forced to kill her or risk her trying to harm Rylee or tell her one of his secrets.

They talk and decide it’s high time to get their asses to Jack’s house in London. Blaz takes Rylee, Pamela, Erik, Berget, Frank, India, and Kyle to the old mine shaft close to the old farm. It will take a few hours to get them all where they need to be but Liam and his pack alongside Alex will wait and catch the second trip. Once Rylee and the gang get there they waste no time getting down the shaft and into the tunnels. They find the only open door and.. as usual it can’t be that easy to get over the doorway. The castle which is on the other side of the door is on fire. Pamela is able to keep it back so they can all run for it. Berget being a vampire and highly combustible chooses to stay behind. She will wait to warn Liam and the wolves.

Once Rylee and them are in London Frank gets the veil open and they cross over into Jacks yard. The harpies and unicorns are there waiting on them as planned. Doran is as well. Pamela stays behind to get Liam and the wolves through the raging fire. By the time Liam and Alex get to the door Pam is collapsed on the floor and fading fast. They make it out of the castle just in time. Pam passes out in Liam’s arms and he and ALex just run with her. Doran has a car waiting for them just up the road and they make it to Jack’s in relative good time.

A couple of days pass and Liam, Erik and Doran discuss the only plan that will be able to save Rylee from Orion. For a bit at least. His blood, the blood of a guardian will keep the door closed from the deep veil for a few months time. This will give them all time to prepare and get Rylee to a place of safety to save her and… their unborn child. As with any good plan there is a very bad part to it. Liam must die at the hand of someone that loves him. There is no way Rylee would go along with this in any way so he recruits Pam. She is his family, she loves him and now in order to save Rylee she has to kill him.

Pamela doesn’t want to do it. (I can’t blame her, family is family. Even if you have thoughts of stabbing them you really just can’t do it.. normally) No one tells Rylee or the others what is going on. The only ones in on the plan are Erik, Doran, Pam and Liam. It was heart breaking to see this play out. I can’t even pretend I did not ball like a baby. It was so emotional. to see it play out in my head. Rylee trying to get to him as she sees his threads slipping. The demons surrounding them as the castle falls around them. Making it easy to kill the demons. But Rylee loses Liam, for now. He said it was only for now. God, I hope that means he is coming back. I’ve had other books hit me hard but this one ripped me in two. Would I change a thing. No, it needs to play out as it does for Rylee and the baby. Liam did leave her a note and explained it all. There was no way to tell her face to face. He wouldn’t have been able to see her in pain.

Now, Rylee, Erik, Coyote and Blaz are off to take Riley, baby Zane and her unborn child to a safe place. They have six months before that door will open again. And I am sure when it does.. all hell will break lose.. in the literal sense of course.