Wolfkin

Kite and kestrel, wolf and wolfkin, from the wilderness, wallow in it.

Arun is in training to be a priest of the Fire God when he is abruptly plucked from his peaceful studies, bespelled and staked out as bait to capture a monster—a wolfkin. But the wolfkin isn't quite what Arun expected.

There was a rumour that the rare wolfkin had been sighted in the botanical gardens in the west of the city.

Wolfkin are humanoid wolves. They have long wolf faces and thick fur. They walk on the tips of their long feet and have thick ragged wolf tails.