"You really think these chains will hold me?" Darren said worriedly. "I don't want to hurt you."
"It will be ok Darren." Kuri pulled a knife from her robes. "It's silver. I'll fight if I must. But I'm not going to kill you. I won't run either."
"Kuri please. It's not safe." Darren said.
"I will protect you from yourself." Kuri promised as the moon rose high above them.
"Kuri...Kuri?!" Darren said as her form shuddered.
In a fluid motion, her body transformed into that of a great wolf, and she towered above him, growling and snapping her jobs.
Darren realized his secret was going to have to be forfeit.
He easily got out of his bonds and lunged for her with the strength of a great warrior—a Vampire—and communicated to her that they were comrades in battle, not enemies.
The wolf calmed, seeing him as an ally, and licked his face.
Darren breathed a sigh of relief, then realized that she had bitten him a couple times in the scuffle, leaving blood everywhere.
He lifted his head, and put a look of terror on his face as other humans approached them.