In a bar filled with Native American patrons, Chatto describes the gruesome aftermath of a recent killing. The others laugh wearily, asking why he keeps repeating the same story. But Chatto insists the horror was so terrible no one could ever truly forget it, the memory clearly haunting him like a wound that won’t heal. Later that night, Bistie, one of the bar’s regulars, leaves for home and never makes it back. He is torn apart by a vicious attacker, slashed to death before he can return to his wife. In her grief, the widow clutches and then sets down a photograph of Eric Cord—the same picture Rogan gave her, claiming Eric is the man who killed her husband.

Still pursuing Skorzeny, Eric travels to the area after reading about the killings. He steps into the same bar and is immediately met with cold stares. He is an outsider, a white man, unwelcome among them. But as he listens, he learns of a killer stalking the local tribesmen. The conversation turns to old legends—Skinwalkers, and whispers of a possible cure. The men eventually point him toward Mr. Endocheeny, an elderly, wise Native man sitting alone at a shadowed table.

A cure is too tempting a prospect for Eric to ignore. He approaches Mr. Endocheeny, only to be dismissed at first. Eric persists, arguing that he may be the one person who can stop the Skinwalker killing his people. Intrigued that no one from his own tribe has stepped forward so boldly, Endocheeny takes Eric back to his home.

After a brief, tense conversation, Mr. Endocheeny suddenly presses a knife to Eric’s throat and orders him to show his hand. Though Eric’s palm appears normal, the old man “sees” the pentagram that isn’t visibly there. He knows Eric is a Skinwalker. Eric protests, explaining he is not the one committing these murders—but he can kill the one who is. Fascinated, Endocheeny agrees: sometimes you must send a wolf to catch a wolf.

Later, as Eric walks the street, Bistie’s widow and her friend pull up beside him, drag him down, and beat him, leaving him for dead. He awakens under Mr. Endocheeny’s care; the old man has vouched for him and forced the others to listen to the truth. Rogan lied to them. Once Eric is patched up, he and Endocheeny head into the night to hunt the real killer. They find him just as another tribesman is murdered, and the sight triggers the change in both Eric and the Skinwalker. At the worst possible moment, Rogan appears, gun loaded with silver, ready to finally take Eric down.

Now Mr. Endocheeny must find a way to save Eric from Rogan’s bullets—and still stop the true killer stalking his people.