The Waif Forward, Merlin’s Waif Book 7

Without the thread, all portals fall. Without portals, worlds collapse.

Merritt Vale thought her biggest challenge was raising two magically-grown children while guarding New York’s hidden paranormal community. Then the impossible happened: someone escaped the inescapable dragon prison, and now every dimension holds its breath.

The Saci once wove the thread that holds portals together. Now they’re missing, and without their magic, the barriers between worlds are failing.

As Merritt races through Ruin Guard’s jade palaces and into the untamed jungle, she discovers the truth is worse than anyone imagined. Someone stole more than thread from the Saci. They stole their very essence. The same someone now hunting her community.

Giant poison dart frogs, pyramid-dwelling monsters, and a conspiracy that spans realms stand between Merritt and the one thing that could save them all: a simple red cap that holds the power of an entire civilization.

In the depths of the rainforest, Merritt must make an impossible choice: retrieve what was stolen and risk unleashing something darker or watch the pathways between worlds crumble forever.

Can she restore the thread that binds all paranormal realms? Or will her quest to save one people doom them all?

Journey from NYC’s hidden streets to the Amazon’s ancient pyramids. Will you discover why a single red cap holds the power to save or destroy every portal between worlds?