We settled into Liam’s old house, but it was barely big enough, and we were talking about moving. He started up his own business, and he and Pamela were working to follow up leads on cold cases that could have a supernatural bend. A part of me wanted to rebuild out on the farm, despite the things that had happened there. The bloodshed was that of our friends and family. If it meant their spirits were closer, I didn’t mind in the least.
As for me, I’d been stuck in mommy mode for long enough that it was easy to forget there was anything else. That I’d ever been anything but this herder of children.
That didn’t mean I’d given up my workout routine, or my weapons training.
I wasn’t an idiot.
A single knock of the door was about to change all that. Three sharp raps snapped my head up and I flared my nostrils, but I all I got was human floating under the door. “Go ahead and get it, Pam. I think it’s safe.”
She went to the door and opened it slowly. A young man who couldn’t have been more than twenty stood on the doorstep. He was built lean and gangly, and for a second my heart skipped a beat, thinking it was Alex. That he’d come back to us. The kid cleared his throat and a thick accent coated his words.
European from what I could detect, but couldn’t pin down where on the continent. “I’m sorry, but I have heard this is where the Tracker lives. And maybe she could help me. My family needs help. Are you her? Rylee Adamson?”
He looked past Pamela to me, and the need to do something, anything, to ease his pain rose in me. The Blood of the Lost was no longer in me, but my heart was my heart, and it beat to help others. There was nothing I could do about it.
“No, I’m sorry. My name is Rylee O’Shea.” I held out a hand and he shook it slowly. “And I am a daywalking vampire.”
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ALSO BY SHANNON MAYER
THE RYLEE ADAMSON NOVELS
Priceless (Book 1)
Immune (Book 2)
Raising Innocence (Book 3)
Shadowed Threads (Book 4)
Blind Salvage (Book 5)
Tracker (Book 6)
Veiled Threat (Book 7)
Wounded (Book 8)
Rising Darkness (Book 9)
Blood of the Lost (Book 10)
Alex (A Short Story)
Tracking Magic (A Novella 0.25)
Elementally Priceless (A Novella 0.5)
Guardian (A Novella 6.5)
Stitched (A Novella 8.5)
THE ELEMENTAL SERIES
Recurve (Book 1)
Breakwater (Book 2)
Firestorm (Book 3)
Windburn (Book 4)
THE BLOOD BORNE SERIES
Recombinant (Book 1)
THE NEVERMORE TRILOGY
The Nevermore Trilogy
Sundered (Book 1)
Bound (Book 2)
Dauntless (Book 3)
A CELTIC LEGACY
A Celtic Legacy Trilogy
Dark Waters (Book 1)
Dark Isle (Book 2)
Dark Fae (Book 3)
THE RISK SERIES (Written as S.J. Mayer)
High Risk Love (The Risk Series, Book 1)
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES (Written as S.J. Mayer)
Of The Heart
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Blood of the Lost (The Rylee Adamson Novels, Book 10)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BLOOD OF THE LOST COVER PAGE
BLOOD OF THE LOST TITLE PAGE
PRAISE FOR THE RYLEE ADAMSON NOVELS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
AUTHOR INTRODUCTION
BLOOD OF THE LOST QUOTE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHATPER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHA
PTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53
CHAPTER 54
CHAPTER 55
CHAPTER 56
CHAPTER 57
ALTERNATE ENDING
NEWSLETTER
ALSO BY SHANNON MAYER
AUTHORS NOTE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
LIST OF CHARACTERS
LIST OF CHARACTERS
Rylee Adamson: Tracker and Immune who has dedicated her life to finding lost children. Based near Bismarck, North Dakota.
Liam O’Shea: Previously Liam an FBI agent. Now he is a werewolf/Guardian as well as lover to Rylee. Deceased.
Giselle: Mentored Rylee and Milly; Giselle is a Reader but cannot use her abilities on Rylee due to Rylee’s Immunity. She died in “Raising Innocence”. Deceased.
Millicent: AKA Milly; Witch. Rylee’s best friend. Deceased.
India: A spirit seeker that Rylee Tracked in “Priceless”.
Kyle Jacobs: Rylee’s personal teenage hacker—human. Deceased.
Doran: Shaman and daywalking vampire that helps Rylee from time to time. Located near Roswell, New Mexico.
Alex: A werewolf trapped in between human and wolf. He is Rylee’s unofficial sidekick and loyal companion. Previously submissive.
Berget: Rylee’s little sister who went missing 10 years prior to “Priceless”. In “Raising Innocence” Rylee found out that Berget is still alive. In “Shadowed Threads” Rylee discovers Berget is the “Child Empress” and a vampire.
Dox: Large pale blue-skinned ogre. Friend of Rylee. Owns “The Landing Pad” near Roswell, New Mexico. Deceased.
William Gossard: AKA, Will. Panther shape shifter and officer with SOCA in London. Friend to Rylee.
Deanna Gossard: Druid, sister to William. Friend and help to Rylee.
Louisa: Tribal Shaman located near Roswell, New Mexico.
Eve: Harpy that is now under Rylee’s tutelage as per the Harpy rule of conduct.
Faris: Vampire and general pain in the ass to Rylee. He is in contention for the vampire “throne” against Rylee’s little sister, Berget.
Jack Feen: Only other Tracker in existence. He lives in London and is dying. Deceased.
Agent Valley: Senior in command in the Arcane Division of the FBI. Deceased.
Blaz: Dragon who bonded (reluctantly) with Rylee in “Shadowed Threads”.
Pamela: Young, powerful witch that Rylee saved in “Raising Innocence”. She is now one of Rylee’s wards.
Charlie: Brownie who acts as Rylee’s go between when working with parents on all of her salvages. Based in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Calliope: Future leader of the Tamoskin Crush. Rylee rescued her in Blind Salvage.
Sla, Dev, Tin and Lop: Ogres and friends to both Rylee and Dox who were killed by Orion’s thugs. Deceased.
Orion: Demon that is prophesied to take over the world.
Peter: Old werewolf from northern Russia who met Rylee and Liam in “Shadowed Threads”.
Eagle: A guardian from New Mexico. First met in “Immune”. Mentor to Eve. Deceased.
Sas: Violet skinned female ogre who was mated to Dox and the triplets. Met in “Blind Salvage”.
Frank: Young necromancer who helped Liam in “Tracker”. Deceased.
Erik: Rylee’s uncle and trained demon slayer.
Ophelia: Red female dragon. Formerly bonded to Rylee’s father.
Marco: Male harpy, friends with Eve.
Nikko: Unicorn stallion and leader of the Tamoskin Crush herd; father of Calliope. Deceased
Mer: Green skinned female ogre who is mated to Raw.
Thomas: Necromancer who helped Rylee rescue Pamela from the deep veil. Deceased.
Crystal: Youngest of all the shamans residing in New Mexico; first appeared in “Immune”.
Jonathan: Automatic writer first appeared in "Elementally Priceless".
Cactus: Fire elemental and friend to Larkspur, first appeared in "Stitched".
Peta: House cat/snow leopard shifter. Familiar of Larkspur. First appeared in "Stitched".
Larkspur: Earth /Spirit Elemental. Related to Rylee by blood. First appeared in "Rising Darkness".
Marcella: Rylee’s daughter fathered by Liam.
Zane: Milly’s son fathered by coven leader.
Table of Contents
Blood of the Lost Cover Page
Blood of the Lost Title Page
Praise for The Rylee Adamson Novels
Acknowledgments
Author Introduction
Blood of the Lost Quote
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chatper 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Alternate Ending
Newsletter
Also by Shannon Mayer
Authors Note
About the Author
Copyright
Table of Contents
List of Characters
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