Wolf by Night

By: Tim Simpson

Narrated by: Kenneth Galeano

Wyatt is the first to approach the cell, but the force of the door bursting from its hinges sends him tumbling backward over the desk, with the door landing on him, caught at the edge of the desk. The noise draws the attention of everyone outside, yet no one moves to investigate.

Inside, Doc Holliday and Luke Short have their weapons drawn and aimed at the cell, but they freeze at the sight unfolding before them: a wolf slowly emerges, its head lowered to fit its large body through the opening. Its eyes blaze with a fiery red hue, and its teeth snarl, fueled by a seething anger coursing through it. An insatiable hunger for fresh meat gnaws at its insides.

Holliday fires two shots, one hitting the wolf's shoulder and the other striking the iron bars. The wolf quickly turns to Holliday, catching the scent of the tuberculosis that afflicts him, before its head swings toward Luke. Doc drops his .38 to the ground and, turning, lifts the double-barreled shotgun to his shoulder.

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