Tommy's first contract as a bounty hunter is to bring in the entire human race. He'd didn't take the job to become a villain, but grocery money has to come from somewhere.

One problem: he's already fallen for Rebeca, one of his targets, and she's just too cute to give up.

Tommy isn't human. As an evolved wolf, hunting is what he was born to do. Too bad he can't stop tripping over his own claws. The new job is a last ditch effort to make some cash -- they'll hire anyone with fangs.

His target, the human minority, are seen as leftovers of a bygone era, perfect scapegoats. Every society needs an enemy, and humans just happen to be easy, high profile, and satisfyingly squishy. Tommy hasn't the luxury to worry about the morality of his job. He's too busy trying to keep himself in one piece while the experienced hunters take all the credit.

The humans' influence only becomes apparent once they begin to disappear. Civilization crumbles without them, but the public won't give up the one thing they love to hate. In a post-apocalyptic age without television, it seems entertainment is more important than survival.

Tommy must choose either his job, or protecting Rebeca and becoming one of the hunted. But, hey, true love is always worth the risk of being torn limb from limb.

Right?

The Story So Far...

Tommy is a human-wolf hybrid living in a post-apocalyptic Vancouver. The majority of the city's population is non-human, whether that's animals like Tommy or mythological creatures.

Last night Tommy got in the way of a bounty hunter tracking down a human. Tommy doesn't know what the human did, but he knows for a fact he doesn't want to get in the way of the bounty hunting tiger again.

A restless night's sleep and Tommy's back to work the next morning. If not for the bills he'd be long gone. As a wolf, he's a born hunter, but his job is pushing paper.

Tommy's a sub-sub-sub-contracter at one of the largest companies in the city. The government has a contract out to track the declining human population, and it's Tommy's job to keep abreast of every human birth.

Things take a turn for the worse when he finds out that's his wage is being cut.

Tommy is as mild-mannered as come, but he falls into rage as his boss tries to take advantage of him, to the point that he nearly kills the men in cold blood.

Out of a job now, with his hands still shaking from his near brush with murder, Tommy out on the street, looking for a job.

Not exactly what he was looking for, but when you don't know where your next meal is coming from you can't be too choosy. Tommy's now a bounty hunter – partnered with a rather peculiar lion.

Tommy and his new partner English make a good team. A handful of hunts later Tommy already has more money in his hand than he's ever seen.

But something's still wrong. Tommy can't quite put his finger on it, but his new best friend isn't quite right.

Artwork by Negger

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