Novels by Toyin

POV: AnnaMy world stopped. I stared at Seraphina, her words echoing in my head but not making sense. My father just died. No. That couldn't be right. I'd just talked to Uncle Thorne. He said my father was stable. Weak, but stable."You're lying," I said, my voice hollow. "You're lying to hurt me."Seraphina's cruel smile faltered slightly. "I wish I was. But the news came through an hour ago. Ridge Summers, Alpha of the Moonlace Pack, is dead.""No." I shook my head, backing away from her. "No, you're lying. You have to be lying.""Anna." Lucas's voice was gentle behind me, but I couldn't turn to look at him. Couldn't take my eyes off Seraphina's face, searching for any sign that this was just another one of her games. Footsteps sounded in the hallway, hurried and heavy. The door opened wider, and Uncle Thorne appeared. His face was haggard, his eyes red rimmed and swollen. He looked like he'd aged twenty years since I'd last seen him."Uncle Thorne," I whispered, hope and dread warr

POV: AnnaMy world stopped. I stared at Seraphina, her words echoing in my head but not making sense. My father just died. No. That couldn't be right. I'd just talked to Uncle Thorne. He said my father was stable. Weak, but stable."You're lying," I said, my voice hollow. "You're lying to hurt me."Seraphina's cruel smile faltered slightly. "I wish I was. But the news came through an hour ago. Ridge Summers, Alpha of the Moonlace Pack, is dead.""No." I shook my head, backing away from her. "No, you're lying. You have to be lying.""Anna." Lucas's voice was gentle behind me, but I couldn't turn to look at him. Couldn't take my eyes off Seraphina's face, searching for any sign that this was just another one of her games. Footsteps sounded in the hallway, hurried and heavy. The door opened wider, and Uncle Thorne appeared. His face was haggard, his eyes red rimmed and swollen. He looked like he'd aged twenty years since I'd last seen him."Uncle Thorne," I whispered, hope and dread warr

POV: AnnaMy world stopped. I stared at Seraphina, her words echoing in my head but not making sense. My father just died. No. That couldn't be right. I'd just talked to Uncle Thorne. He said my father was stable. Weak, but stable."You're lying," I said, my voice hollow. "You're lying to hurt me."Seraphina's cruel smile faltered slightly. "I wish I was. But the news came through an hour ago. Ridge Summers, Alpha of the Moonlace Pack, is dead.""No." I shook my head, backing away from her. "No, you're lying. You have to be lying.""Anna." Lucas's voice was gentle behind me, but I couldn't turn to look at him. Couldn't take my eyes off Seraphina's face, searching for any sign that this was just another one of her games. Footsteps sounded in the hallway, hurried and heavy. The door opened wider, and Uncle Thorne appeared. His face was haggard, his eyes red rimmed and swollen. He looked like he'd aged twenty years since I'd last seen him."Uncle Thorne," I whispered, hope and dread warr

POV: AnnaMy world stopped. I stared at Seraphina, her words echoing in my head but not making sense. My father just died. No. That couldn't be right. I'd just talked to Uncle Thorne. He said my father was stable. Weak, but stable."You're lying," I said, my voice hollow. "You're lying to hurt me."Seraphina's cruel smile faltered slightly. "I wish I was. But the news came through an hour ago. Ridge Summers, Alpha of the Moonlace Pack, is dead.""No." I shook my head, backing away from her. "No, you're lying. You have to be lying.""Anna." Lucas's voice was gentle behind me, but I couldn't turn to look at him. Couldn't take my eyes off Seraphina's face, searching for any sign that this was just another one of her games. Footsteps sounded in the hallway, hurried and heavy. The door opened wider, and Uncle Thorne appeared. His face was haggard, his eyes red rimmed and swollen. He looked like he'd aged twenty years since I'd last seen him."Uncle Thorne," I whispered, hope and dread warr

POV: AnnaThe creature didn't attack. That was somehow worse than if it had. Instead, it circled me slowly, its massive head lowering to sniff at my hair, my shoulders, my trembling hands. Its breath was hot and rancid, smelling of rot and old blood. I stood frozen, every instinct screaming at me to run, but my legs wouldn't move."Yes," it rumbled, that terrible layered voice reverberating through my bones. "The prophecy is true. The Silver Daughter walks among us once more.""What prophecy?" I forced the words out through my fear.The creature's red eyes bore into mine. "The prophecy written in blood and bone before the first pack was formed. The Silver Daughter will either save our kind or condemn us all to darkness. You are the fulcrum upon which our fate balances.""That's insane," I whispered. "I'm nobody. I can't even access my own wolf.""Your wolf is the least of what you carry." The creature's voice dropped lower, almost reverent. "You house two souls, Silver Daughter. One w

POV: AnnaThe call about my father had been exactly what I'd feared. Uncle Thorne's voice, heavy with grief, confirming that Ridge Summers, Alpha of the Moonlace Pack, was gone. I'd watched him die through some impossible vision, unable to reach him, unable to say goodbye.I'd cried until there were no tears left. Now I just felt empty. Lucas had tried to comfort me, but I'd pushed him away. I didn't want his comfort. Didn't want his lies. Seraphina's words kept echoing in my head. A womb with a pedigree. A convenient solution.But I'd agreed to go to the Hollow anyway. Not because I trusted him, but because I needed answers. And because some stubborn part of me still wanted to live, even if I didn't understand why. Now, standing at the edge of the Forbidden Hollow with a pack of supplies and a team of grim faced guards, I was starting to regret that decision."Last chance to turn back," Dr. Kieran said, checking the straps on his bag. His scarred face looked even more severe in the d