Kovarst stopped just short of being flattened – instinctively, he turned around and growled, still in his fox form. "Do you know what I really am, human? I could tear you limb from limb just for trying that," he said, baring his fangs. It was largely an empty threat, but she didn't know that.
Admittedly, it wasn't a very effective threat. He wasn't on the level of menace he exuded as a dragon quite yet, but if this slave woman pushed it, that would soon change. It was a shame what would happen to all these poor books, though, but that was a small price to pay for his life.