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You round the corner out of the alley and come across a scene that you never expected to witness in Haven, even after what you saw back in the humans' stronghold.

A block ahead, three heavily armed soldiers are holding Tiva to the ground, grinding her muzzle into the cracked concrete as another soldier beats her mercilessly with a club.

"…will teach you a little respect, you fucking monster!" the soldier screams as he brings the club down on Tiva's head, eliciting a sharp howl of pain. "Tess was in the lab when you animals blew it up! You monsters killed my wife!"

Thwack, thwack, thwack, the club rains down cruel blows until Tiva pulls free, tripping one of the soldiers as she limps unsteadily away. Across the street several other wolves huddle together in fear, looking skittish and ready to bolt at any moment.

The soldier drops his club to the ground, and it rolls in a circle on the uneven asphalt before coming to a halt, leaving a diminishing crescent of dark red blood. Now that you're closer, you can see tears streaming down the man's face from puffy red eyes. "She was pregnant!" he yells, and his breath catches in his throat. "We were gonna start a family! Two more weeks. Two more weeks and we would have been away from you devils!"

A muscular woman with a long winding scar down the left side of her face wraps a hand around the soldier's arm and pulls him back. Your enhanced hearing barely picks up her words. "No more, Chris. I let you have that, but it can't happen again, understood? We do this clean. One example, maybe two."

Scar-face unlimbers an automatic rifle and walks toward the huddled mass of wolves. You're getting closer to her, almost close enough to act. You don't think the soldiers have seen you yet.

"Four hours ago, one of your kind set off an explosive device in our medical center, killing over fifteen people in cold blood. Until we find out which of you is responsible, Colonel Williams has declared martial law. Assaulting military personnel is a crime punishable by death."

The street goes silent, the only noise Tiva's grunts of pain as she limps and stumbles away. She's going to kill Tiva! your brain screams. You've got to do something and you've got to do it right now!