Kal called for help, but it was too late. I took my chance, shifted, and launched myself off my back legs. I went flying over the desk, hitting him full force with all my weight and knocking him backward against the wall of the tent.

Arrgh! Kal shouted.

“Guards!!”

I couldn’t speak to him since I was in my wolf form, so I’d have to show him I meant business another way. With my paws on his chest, I bent down to bite his neck.

Kal brought his right arm up to block me. Even in his human ...