It was close to noon there, so they knew it was the middle of the night for me. "We arrived at the station to meet everyone, and things went bad. My dog Fiona bit the owner's wife. I've got her tied up in back until the test results come through."

He didn't say anything; I was speaking in code with the open line. I couldn't openly say that his Pack Warrior went full loco werewolf on the human. "Will you send her home?"

"I was going to ask you about that after we know how bad Margaret's bite is."

"Keep me posted; when there is a chance, we should probably...