You held back, trying to think even as your inner beast screamed to be let loose on the monster in front of you. There had to be a logical way out of this!
With you and Jolon under control, the human soldiers turned their attention to Williams. One of them walked forward, his face twisted in a sneer as he fired on the Colonel. Williams gasped in shock as his now-human body dropped to the floor. So the soldiers hadn't known that their commander was a werewolf in disguise, you'd thought. Taking the distraction as an opportunity, you and Jolon had made a run for it, disappearing around a corner before the humans could give chase. The two of you were halfway across the gigantic laboratory before you realized that the soldiers had never even bothered following you.
It didn't take you and Jolon long to transform back into your werewolf forms and escape the medical building once Williams had been put down. Along the way you found Ahote locked in a small cell. He'd been turned human, much like you, but it seemed that prolonged exposure to Williams's "cure" might have made his transformation permanent.
When you finally reached the outside, you'd encountered Haken along with a few wolves of his war party just in time to see them savagely tear a human soldier to shreds. Williams had been telling the truth—Haken had begun a war in your absence! It was too late to turn back now; the only choices were to join the battle and fight for your freedom, or hold back, trying to stop the killing where you could while gathering the wounded and getting them to safety.
I joined Haken's rebellion wholeheartedly. The humans needed to pay the ultimate price!
I joined Haken resignedly. What else could I do at that point? It was too late to turn back now.
I tried to keep the killing to a minimum, breaking up fights where I could and helping the wounded.
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