“What’s the problem this time?” Niko asked Kasper. “Or more to the point, who is?”
“You’re not going to like this,” Kasper replied, waving Niko to the sofa. “We have a rogue.”
“f**k. Who?”
“His name is Emmerich Kemph, although he goes by the name of Emery Kemp the rare times he interacts with humans.”
“Never heard of him,” Niko said.
“Not terribly surprising. As far as most people are concerned, he and his family are recluses who lived, I believe the term is ‘off the grid’. Or they were, until his wife and son were shot by hunters. Now he’s on a rampage to kill every hunter he can find.”
“I haven’t seen anything on the news about this,” Niko said.
“With good reason. He’s only started. The deaths of the two he’s attacked so far were put down to feral dog packs.”
“He must have done a
