A strong pair of hands pushed me further behind Joel from my right. I looked up to see Will move into position beside Joel. In the meantime Joel caught the wooden projectile in one hand and slammed it onto the floor.

"Enough, Eric change back now and accept your punishment. You have endangered my mate and disrupted this meeting," he said continuing to stand between me and the large grey wolf man.

"I challenge you, Alpha Latro, for the right to lead this pack! You have become too soft!" the creature snarled out.

Joel sighed like a parent tired of punishing a naughty child and said, "Your challenge will be...