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of fire filled the sky as Jay limped off, knowing he had to get to his truck before the authorities or the beast found him.  He knew there would be no explaining anything to the cops because, who would believe his story?  And if he didn’t get to his truck before the wolf came, then he’d surely die for he was out of silver bullets.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER 21
     
     
    “I seriously have to get a new job,” Detective Rodriguez said as lights of the patrol car flashed against his face.  “What the fuck is going on in this town?”
     
    “You got me, sir,” Talley replied.
     
    “Alright, what do we have?”
     
    “James Madison, forty-six, father of two,” Talley replied.
     
    “Jesus, has his wife been notified?” Rodriguez questioned as Talley pulled the sheet off Madison’s body.  “What happened to him?”
     
    “Someone or something ripped his intestines right out of his stomach.”
     
    “Holy mother!” Rodriguez said, lighting a cigar.
     
    “That’s not all.  We found bullet shells on the side of the road,” Talley said, covering Madison’s body back.  “As for his car, whoever did it drove it off the road.”
     
    “We’re gonna be up all night typing this up.  Pick up some coffee and meet me back at the precinct,” Rodriguez said shaking his head.
     
    “Will do, sir,” Talley said, shutting the doors to the ambulance.
     
    Jay sat in his truck outside his house, trying to calm himself.  He was wet, bleeding, and tired.  All he wanted to do was take a bath and go to sleep, he thought as he shut off the engine.
     
    He almost died tonight.  Maybe he should just forget about this and stop looking.  Maybe Arnie was right; maybe he should kill him.  Despite what that would accomplish, there would still be a howling mad wolf running around.  Killing Arnie wouldn’t change things.  The two dead people he saw kept popping up in his head; no matter how hard he tried to erase their faces, they were there.  He should have forced that man to get in the car.  He had his gun.  He could have got him in the car, but he didn’t.  He had never felt so scared in his life.  Seeing something as terrifying as that creature that chased him through the woods like a hunted animal is far from easy to handle.  Jay didn’t want to turn around and look to the side because he was scared that if he did, the beast would be there waiting to kill him.  He could only imagine what Arnie was going through.  What it must be like knowing he keeps inside the very thing he fears.  Knowing that every full moon his nightmare becomes reality.  The fear of killing someone you love and not being able to do anything about it.  No, he would keep on looking and keep on trying because Arnie was dealing with far worse than he was; and he wasn’t going to let down the only person, who, besides Danny, had been like a brother to him.  He wasn’t going to give up, no matter how afraid he was.  If anything, he’d see this through for Danny.  He’d find the one responsible for this terrible dream and kill them and hopefully save Arnie from this curse.  A curse that would hopefully die with the one that did this to Arnie.
     
    Jay took a deep breath and stepped out of the truck.  He started toward his front door and stopped.  It was almost as if he could feel something was watching him.  Jay forced himself to turn around and look.  When he did, he breathed a sigh of relief as the street was completely empty.  He looked in the sky and smiled as he could see the sun beginning to rise.  For the first time in his life he welcomed the sun and thanked God that he got through the night.  He was never high on religion and really didn’t go to church much, but he had seen enough tonight to maybe consider to start going.  Almost dying can do that to a person, he thought as he finally