The white Wolf of YabaUpdated at Sep 26, 2026, 09:27
Zara Adeyemi, 24, is a dispatch rider in Yaba, Lagos who thinks she has a medical problem. Every full moon, she blacks out and wakes up miles from home with dirt under her nails and wounds that heal in seconds. Her mother, a herbal seller in Mushin, forces her to drink bitter teas and forbids her from asking about her late father, who she claims was a mechanic.Everything changes when a delivery to Ikoyi brings her face to face with Kayode Balogun, a 31-year-old tech CEO and the secret Alpha of the Yaba pack. He smells her wolf instantly and knows what she is: a rare white wolf, the bloodline that can command all Alphas.Zara is the daughter of Ade, the former Alpha of Yaba who was killed 24 years ago by the Lekki pack. Her mother hid her with herbs that suppressed her wolf, but now the herbs have failed and her first shift has begun.Kayode, who was Ade's Beta and best friend, has carried guilt for 12 years because he fell asleep on watch the night Ade was killed. He has secretly paid Zara's rent and watched over her. Now with only 29 days before the Lekki Alpha comes to claim Zara as his Luna or kill her for her power, Kayode must train her to shift, control her wolf, and fight.As Zara learns to run on four legs and howl under the Lagos moon, she also falls for the cold, broken Alpha who knows all her secrets. But when she discovers her father's bones and the truth that Kayode didn't just fail that night — he made a deal with Lekki to save her mother — she must decide if her moon belongs to Yaba, to revenge, or to the man who broke his oath to protect her.