The Half-Wolf's Secret

Brookfall: a sleepy town where the scent of fear and the metallic tang of the unknown hang in the air. You're Maddie, the new girl, burdened by a secret inheritance – part Wolfstalker, part Shifter. Navigating high school is tough enough, but when you can smell a fellow Shifter's fear and a local boy knows more than he should about wolves, keeping your family's hidden life buried becomes a dangerous game. Can you find your place without revealing what you truly are?

The acrid smell of fear leads you down a Brookfall alleyway, a scent only someone with your mixed heritage could detect. You find a younger boy, clearly a Shifter by his scent, nervously attempting to mug an older boy. Your instincts kick in, and with a few intimidating words – more Wolfstalker than Shifter, though the mugger wouldn't know the difference – you scare him off.

But the older boy, Aiden, looks at you with a knowing gaze, his blue eyes sharp with suspicion. He asks if you're 'a wolf, like him'. Your stomach drops. How could he possibly know?

Ignoring his question, you walk away, the chill November breeze doing little to settle your unease. The move to Brookfall was supposed to bring peace and freedom, but now, on your first day in this sleepy town, you've already been seen, possibly recognized, and the careful low profile your parents instilled in you is already under threat.

School starts in two days, and the quiet life you craved seems increasingly out of reach.

The Half-Wolf's Secret

Werewolf Urban Fantasy secret identity Shifter Teen Fiction