My father was missing!
The smell of blood and death was in the air as angry howls tore through the silence of the forest.
The forest was bathed in a red glow, it was as if even the nature knew of the evil murders that it is witnessing.
While sniffing the air, I caught a unique scent. It filled my nostrils... clouded my mind. It was intoxicating...
'Mate'- my wolf growled, taking control of my body. The trees blurred past as we sprinted after the scent. It grew stronger with every passing second, entering my body and making my mind spin.
We skidded to the halt at the edge of a clearing.
There in the middle he stood, towering over his prey. His eyes bright golden, shining with ruthlessness, fastened on the whimpering wolf under his paws.
He hadn't yet noticed me.
We retreated back into the safety of the trees, watching him...
With a ferocious growl, he delivered the final blow.
The sound of a sickening crunch echoed through the clearing as he snapped my dad's neck.
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A genetically unique but emotionally lost teenager must figure out who she is within her mixed-up, warring world of Shifters and Wolfstalkers.
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It wasn't Maddie's choice to be born a half-breed, half Shifter, half Wolfstalker -- a hunter of Shifters -- and it wasn't her choice to keep her identity a secret. But after trying to attend high school like any normal sixteen-year-old, things quickly spiral south when her Stalker uncle finds out about her and catapults her out of anonymity and into the awareness--or possibly the crosshairs--of The Order of the Wolfstalker. Maddie must think fast and figure out a way to keep herself and her family safe, or risk losing everything. Including her life.
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