Exiled (The Protector #1) by M.R. Merrick

Chase Williams is a demon hunter in the Circle, or at least he was supposed to be. On his fifteenth birthday, Chase stepped up to the altar to claim his elemental power, but it never came. Elemental magic is passed down to a hunter through the bloodline, but on Chase's birthday, the bloodline stopped. 

Exiled without the Circle's protection, Chase has spent two years trying to survive a world riddled with half-demons and magic. When he has a run in with a frightened and seemingly innocent demon, he learns the Circle's agenda has changed: the Circle plans to unlock a portal and unleash pure-blood demons into the world. Vowing to stop them, and knowing he can't do it alone, Chase forms a reluctant alliance with Rayna — a sexy witch with an attitude and a secret. 

In their attempt to stop them, Chase and Rayna find themselves in the middle of the Circle's plan, leaving one of them to decide what their friendship is worth, and the other's life depending on it.

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.

My Review ❈❈❈❈❈

Omigosh! This was an amazing book! Chase is a brave and caring hunter whose world has been turned completely upside down when he's kicked out of the Circle, disowned by his father, and slowly starts to learn that everything he has been taught was wrong. Now he has to learn to trust the enemy before he can understand the truth of the Circle and all the changes that are taking place around him. Rayna is a fiery, sexy underworlder who really helps Chase start to see people & demons for what they are. Their adventures together are just incredible! I was absolutely shocked to see some of the places they went, and how they got there! The action & amazement never ends with this book!