There were more of the soft, strange humans to protect now, but that was good. It was better to have a pack. Before this, he had been alone too long.
In truth, his memory of what came "before" was fuzzy. He was aware that he wasn't like other wolves. In fact, he wasn't certain he'd always been a wolf, but that didn't bother him. He knew his purpose now:
Keep them safe. At all costs.