In the midst of our run, a guard suddenly reached me through the mind link.
"Alpha," he began, his voice edged with concern. "I think there's something wrong with the human guest. We heard screaming from her room."
My heart pounded. "I'm on my way."
I had meant to assign someone to guard her door, but with the chaos of the day, it had slipped my mind. Thankfully, I still had patrols monitoring the compound.
I quickly shifted back to my human form, retrieved the clothes I had stashed earlier, and got dressed. Pulling out my phone, I checked the security feed from her room.
She was on the floor, curled up and thrashing.
I turned up the volume and immediately heard her terrified screams for help, her voice nearly drowned out by the distant howls and growls echoing outside. She was gaspi
