We All Make Sacrifices

Sam Hunter is a bit of an animal. Hes a former Twin Cities cop who lost his badge because of excessive force. Abusive husbands, child molesters, and other lowlifes wound up looking like theyd been mauled by a dog or a wolf. Now Sams a low-rent PI in Philadelphia. He takes the kinds of cases no one wants. His clients are usually on the fringes of society. The kind who are prey for all manner of predatorshuman and otherwise. When Sam takes on a client they become part of his pack, and no one protects their own better than a werewolf. At least, the kind of werewolf like Sam, who comes from a long, long line of Benandantialso known as the hounds of God. In this short story taken from Beneath the Skin, Sam is hired by a mysterious woman to stop a group of killers who are skinning young women alive.