Marco, who kept paying attention to Doug and me from afar, ran toward us, but I screamed, “Marco, I’m okay. I can handle this! Trust me!”
Marco stopped where he was, then stared at me. “Okay, but I’ll fight for you if you need me.”
I nodded, then I bit Doug’s shoulder as hard as possible until I could sense the pungent smell of blood in my mouth. Doug immediately released me, and I fell from his shoulder.
Then I shouted, “Jane!”
It startled Jane, who was present in the field too. She immediately ran to me. “Yes, Luna!”
“Please take care of my dress and shoes!”
Before Jane replied, I shape-shifted into a wolf. Marco’s pack members and mine howled to shout their support to me.
Jane took my dress and my shoes and then nodded. “Don’t worry, Luna! I hold your dress and shoes here!”
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