Sentence:  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 <WSD>wolfkin</WSD>. But the <WSD>wolfkin</WSD> isn't quite what Arun expected. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of various nonhuman and non-wolf fantasy creatures that have features of a wolf.