~The Hunt was a day when all of the werewolves of the age of 17 were sent out into the forest to find their wolves. They had set aside a whole class period just to explain to us the importance of not screwing it up. One wrong move and the wolf could kill you instantly. They advised us to be cautious and only approach a wolf if it calls out to us. Once you found your wolf it would begin a process called the Fusion. Your wolf would then connect your mind and soul, thus making you one. The wolf would begin to disintegrate into thin air and into your conscious. If you happened to abuse your wolf or die, it had the ability to detach itself from you and live the rest of its life in the forest. My teacher says that once your wolf leaves you it basically ends your life as a werewolf. You don’t have the ability to claim another wolf, and you cannot shift any longer. You would be kicked out of the pack and exiled to the human cities for the rest of your natural life. They tried to reassure us that there would not be a shortage of wolves, but of course that didn’t stop me from questioning the impossible. After all, it only takes once.~
It all started the day Willow and Destiny decided to pick a fight with the beta's son, Vince. Willow kneeing him in the crotch led to Vince breathing down Destiny's neck. The Alpha's renegade son, Linkon, returned unexpectedly, and could be what's considered Destiny's "hero." Even though he fended off Vince and his gang, Linkon's forever on her bad side.
With The Hunt approaching fast, Destiny gets even more anxious than she was before. Linkon's not helping one bit by rubbing his family's rein over the pack in her face. She manages to ignore him somewhat, but she always has the feeling in the pit of her stomach telling her something's wrong.
**Un-edited for the most part. I have an editor working on it though :)
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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