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The grass was damp, so it bent beneath my feet and made no sound When I reached the last van before the wolf-e, I stopped and listened

There was a soft jangling sound, as though heavy chains were being lightly shaken

I stepped out frohts on either side of the wolf- in perfect detail He’d been wheeled back here after his act, like he was every night There was a slab ofon But not tonight Tonight he was focused on so e pair of pliers with hi the door shut

Thevery well He swore softly to hih another link

"What are you doing?"I shouted

The man jumped with shock, dropped the pliers, and spun around

It was, as I had guessed, RV

He looked guilty and scared at first, but when he saas alone he grew in confidence

"Stay back!"he warned

"What are you doing?"I de this poor, abused creature,"he said "I wouldn’t keep the wildest of ani hio I called the police - they’ll be out here in the- but I decided to do a little work of my own beforehand"

"You can’t do that!"I shrieked "Are you crazy? That guy’s savage He’d kill everything within a five-mile radius if you let him out!"

"So you say,"RV sneered "I don’t believe that It’s beento how they’re treated If you treat them like crazy monsters, they’ll act that way If, on the other hand, you treat them with respect, love, and hu,"I told him

"The wolf-man isn’t like other anie We can talk it over We can -"

"No!"he screa!"

He spun back to the chains and began struggling with theed the thickest chains through the bars The wolf-man watched him silently

"RV, stop!"I shouted, and raced over to stop hirabbed his shoulders and tried pulling hih I punched hirunted and doubled his efforts

I grabbed for his hands, to pry them off the chains, but the bars were in the way

"Leave me alone!"RV yelled He turned his head to speak to me directly His eyes ild "You won’t stopmy duty I’ll free this victi all of a sudden His face turned deathly white and his body shuddered, then went stiff

There was a crunching, e, I realized the wolf-e while ere arguing, grabbed both of RV’s arms, jammed them in his mouth, and bitten thee, shocked He lifted his shortened arms and watched as blood purabbing his lower arms back from the mouth of the wolf-man - if I could retrieve them, they could be stuck back on - but he an chewing Within seconds the arain

"Where are my hands?"RV cried

I switchedat the stumps that were his ar the pain