Torn is the second book of the young adult paranormal literature series the Trylle Trilogy. It picks up the story of Wendy Everly and the Trylle that began in Switched. It was again self-published by Amanda Hocking as an eBook on 12 November 2010. Hocking has referred to Torn as 'the dark middle child' of the series, citing more mature themes and a darker storyline than the previous novel. Plot The start of the book begins almost exactly where the end of Switched left off, with Wendy and Rhys running away from the palace in the Trylle's Förening. The two arrive at the home and Wendy attempts to explain to her "host brother" Matt that Rhys is his brother. He reacts with disbelief yet she tells him that she cannot tell him where she has been or Finn's part in it all. While in the midst of trying to understand what has happened, Matt finds a disliking towards Rhys. Later that night, Finn visits her and attempts to convince her to return to Förening with him. She refuses as another tracker, Duncan, shows up with the same goal. Wendy tells both that she will not return to Förening and they leave. Two Vittra members, Loki and Kyra, attack the house as Finn and Duncan leave and take the three to the Vittra palace to the King, in which Wendy is left badly injured by Kyra. While taken as prisoner by the Vittra, Wendy is severally injured and Matt asks a guard to bring in a doctor to heal her. There (after being healed by Sara, a Vittra healer), Wendy practises her power of persuasion on Rhys with an unusual side effect. She is taken to the King named Oren who informs her that Sara is her step-mother and he is her father, a result from a prior union with Elora in an attempt to unify the Trylle and the Vittra. Wendy realizes that the Vittra have been so desperately after her because while they live long lives, many of them are infertile or give birth to hobgoblins, and she is the only means for an heir to the throne. Oren does not allow for Wendy's friends to leave the dungeon as insurance for Wendy's good behavior, so Wendy attempts to find a way to free them. After a heart-to-heart talk with Loki, Wendy realizes that they are both prisoners in