I try to keep my head as all out aggressive warfare erupts around us and Leyanne and Sierra pull Radar’s body to the corner to tend to his excessive bleeding. I focus on Carmen who is in the thick of it and fighting fearlessly alongside the guard. She would be better downstairs still dealing with the frequency for our wolves outside and yet I can’t get near her to tear her away and send her back down.

“This is going to sting…. A lot. Bear down” Leyanne’s voice cuts through the noise of snapping teeth, snarls, growls, swiping claws, and breaking furniture, and I’m torn about what to do in...