The smile slid from Caldris’s face, a look of irritation crossing over it briefly before his jaw clenched. “Fuck,” he grunted, tearing his arm free from my hand. The first of the wolves leaped and struck him in the chest the next moment, knocking him back a step as he caught the massive creature. Its hind legs dropped to the ground, the front paws bracing against Caldris’s shoulders as he stared at the wolf that was nearly as tall as him. “Don’t you fucking do it—” The wolf yipped happily, licking a long line up the side of Caldris’s face and making a shocked gasp break free from me.
