i felt wicked and truth when the power hit them , because they were ours , and jamil was richard 's wolf , and his body reacted to the power , and then the wererats resonated with the power because we 'd fed on them through their rat king , so we knew the taste of the wererats and it was good , and then shang-da grabbed the back of the loveseat ; i felt his hand close on the cloth to steady him .