He was subdued the next morning, but calm, as if the sleep into which he’d escaped had helped him to put some distance between himself and the terrible events of the day before. That calm was shaken a little when the morning news reported the discovery of an eighth victim. The reporters made special note of the fact that this young woman did not match the descriptions of the others, and no one was sure exactly what that meant. They’d never figure it out, of course. All the policemen and sheriffs and fish and game officials in the world wouldn’t be able to hunt down this wolf. No, that task must fall on us. Would you hesitate to kill a rabid dog? Marie had asked. Most people would say no…but the question became a little more complex when the rabid dog in question was something that used t

