Wolfburn: Together Forever, Always One, Never Apart

By Brittany Blessing

Seventeen-year-old Widith Hannah is finishing up a project for her speech class: The Hunters and the WolfBurnians, a local legend about a group of hunters and their shapeshifter prey. What she doesnt know is that this project will change her life.

Widiths life already has some drama. Her relationship with the quarterback of the football team, Dylon Jonson, is strained. And whats more, Alex Zane, who has had a crush on Widith for a long time, is waiting in the wings. After her speech project, she soon learns that her father is the current head of the Hunters. But even worse, on the night of the full moon, she discovers that she is a WolfBurnian. She is forced to leave her friends and family behind, because if she doesnt, her own father will kill her. As she finds both allies and enemies among her friends, she knows she will eventually have to face the Huntersand her father.

In this novel, a young womans unusual supernatural heritage comes to light and puts her at odds with both her family and her friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781532006890

Brittany Blessing

Brittany Blessing currently works as a deli associate at Walmart. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her dog, Nemo. In her free time, she watches Netflix, collects Harry Potter items, and writes. WolfBurn is her first published book.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-0690-6 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016915057

iUniverse rev. date: 10/21/2016

Contents

Chapter 1    The Matching

Chapter 2    The Children

Chapter 3    The Fight

CHAPTER 1

THE MATCHING

His eyes are like mud in the rain.

His lips are like a blanket of happiness.

His hair is like a pillow you can sleep on

for hours. When he talks, it’s like an ocean

casting a wave. The way he walks is like a

heartbeat in four-four time.

As he listens to music, you know that

he is at peace.

He is tall like a tree, just ready to be hugged.

But most of all I love him; I will always

love him.

—Widith

In the early 1700s, a group was formed called the Hunters. They killed anyone they suspected of being a wolf. Each group was equipped with two rifles and enough ammunition to last a month, an ax, two butcher knives, a rucksack of food, four lanterns, and a tent that held four people. Each night, the Hunters would leave before the sun set and start the rampage. Only the men were able to go on this voyage because they thought that women were too weak and would slow them down. But seventeen-year-old Jacob Hannah discovered the true nature of these wolves.

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Widith

The alarm went off at 6:00 a.m. It was the last week of my history project, The Hunters and the WolfBurnians. I was in the last group scheduled to present. I had wanted to go in the last week so I would have enough time to finish my project strong. I had my dad help me with the information about the Hunters. Even though my dad was the head of the Hunters, I didn’t know much about them. I tried to get him to help me with the WolfBurnians, but he just started a new conversation.

My name is Widith Hannah. Yes, I’m related to Jacob Hannah, and no, Widith is not a boy’s name. Ever since elementary school, the teachers had thought that my name was wrong. My mother, Mary Anne Hannah, an amazing person, died from cancer. I lived with my two annoying brothers, Sceineth and Zeineth. They were twins and two years younger than I was.

The day felt a little off. Even though it was Billings, Montana, I supposed it was just that there hadn’t been any rain since June. I stuffed my deep purple bag with my homework, essays, iPod, and laptop. My dad, Nathan, disagreed with me bringing my laptop to school, but it was the easiest way to do my homework.