"Did you hear about the 'hero dog' a few weeks back?" Simon asks, looking sheepish. "I was shifted and saved a woman from getting hit by a train, and she managed to track me down." Sirius is a fellow shifter; if anyone can understand his situation, it's Sirius.

"She's got video of me transforming and if I don't answer her she'll go to the press. I don't want her hurt; I just want her to leave me alone."