The next morning, it being Thursday, there were no classes. We decided to do our run at the compound, and Conor and Ingrid climbed into the back of the Jeep as wolves for the drive. They were licking each other in the back, as wolves do. Brigitte drove, the most familiar with the way. As soon as we turned onto the dirt road leading to the compound, we had six wolves running alongside the SUV.

When we pulled into the compound, there were close to two dozen wolves there, most of them in their human forms, and dressed. Ingrid and Conor shifted back to humans as soon as they got...