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I snorted, shaking my head. “It’s proof that you and I are a terrible idea.”
She frowned hard. “Your parents warned you about witches and wolves. My mother warned me too but none of that matters. It was their logic, their thinking, but we’ve proven over the years their fears were exaggerated. Things are different. No more wars, witches and wolves mate all the time. The Goddess chose for us. They choseyoufor me.”
“As some kind of cruel joke I’m sure. This can’t happen. Do you know your history?”
She frowned and I shook my head, releasing her hand. I walked to the living room and she followed but kept her distance. I sat in the armchair while she returned to the sofa, same middle cushion.
“I’m a Moon Equinox witch but you already know because I’ve never hidden who I am from any of you. I’m a healer. My magic is light, not dark. I’m barely even a spell caster…”
I shot her a hard stare because that was a lie. She’d casted a spell and used it on me the night we’d conceived our son. Toyin read my mind and cringed.
“That was only one time and my abilities with spell casting are very limited.”
“But you’re capable of not only casting spells but dark magic.”
She frowned. “Only if I choose to and I don’t.”
I shook my head. “That’s the thing. If I mark you, the choice will no longer be yours.”
“I don’t understand. You’re talking in circles, Xander. Say what the fuck you mean.”
I leaned back, eased my hand into my pocket, and removed the ring. It had been in a cider box for years, hidden amongst my father's things I’d kept after he passed. I stood, walked over to Toy, grabbed her hand, and placed the ring in her palm before I sank into the armchair once more.
“This is…” She eyed the ring I had given her then the one on her finger. “Where did you get this?”
“From my father.”
“Your father?”
“Yes. He got it from a witch he killed after she murdered his best friend along with his entire pack. She was one ofyourancestors.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You’re not just a Moon Equinox witch, Toyin. You’re a descendent of the Sovran Coven which means you’re pure blood just like I am,” I stated and she still seemed confused.
“You have no clue about your family legacy, do you?”
“I…no. Not whatever it is you’re talking about. My mother never discussed this with me.”
I pointed to the ring on her finger. “When your mother gave you that, she didn’t tell you the story behind it?”
“No. She only told me that it was passed down through generations. She said it was a reminder of who I was and…”
Something shifted. I felt the exact moment where something clicked and made sense.
“Tell me.”
“It’s nothing.”
“If it were nothing the color wouldn’t have drained from your face. What else did she say?” I demanded.
“It’s not what she said. It’s the timing.”
“Timing.”
“Yes, the timing of when she gave me the ring.” Toyin got anxious. Really fucking anxious. “She had a divination about my future. There was a dark shadow hovering over me...” she said, slowly glancing my way before she continued. “She gave me the ring and said it was a reminder that I needed to stick with my kind. On my twenty-first birthday, she told me the dark figure was a wolf and terrible things would happen if I allowed myself to love anyone other than our kind. Especially a wolf.”
“You didn’t think that was strange?”
