Taken (the Blood Spell, the Fugitives, and the Firemancer's Son)

Blood is the most powerful sort of magic there is-a gift, and a curse... "This is what you've been searching for, Ivan. This is the treasure your mother left for you. You couldn't find it because you thought it was lost, but it wasn't. The treasure your mother left behind..." Meghan couldn't say it aloud. It dumbfounded her that this revelation made her so happy. Giddy, even. Like fate had just slapped her in the face with a happy spell...and all Ivan could manage was a befuddled stare. His mother had left him something truly priceless...a gift like no other.