allic smell of blood hung

shreds near the woods. The local sheriff issued a red alert, warning ev

at the local diner when the alert came throu

enly, a massive silhouette emerged fro

phalt. He wore a dark tactical jacket

completely soaked in crimson. With every step he took, thick drops of

Everyone thought the killer had fin

oor open. He aimed his Gloc

in the air!" Fletcher screamed, h

gripping his holstered weapon. His eagle eyes t

shaking gun barrel. A microscopic hin

let the canvas bag slide off his shoulder. I

Combs? Who did you k

kick the drawstring loose. A foul,

n-eyed cougar head rolled out onto the stree

and agents gasped, their lungs freezing. Th

ext to the carcass. His shock rapidly m

nly injury was a single, devastatingly precise blade slice across

ouldn't comprehend how a human being could engage a beast

this?" Fletcher stamm

out a standard, cheap folding knife. Th

ton said. His voice wa

but no one dared to challenge him. The physical proo

he younger agent to back down. Kowalski knew a killing

ed the bag with one hand. He hoisted the two-hundred-

aight for the hardware store. The armed deputies instinct

ching Alton's broad back. "W

e. His hands were shaking so b

g at the blood trail. "Must've learned how to butcher in the prison yard. Still, something's

was necessary to establish dominance in the town, but he a