https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/categories/chapter-2--hunters-and-hunted/Recent content in Chapter 2 — Hunters and Hunted on Chicago ChroniclesHugoen-usThu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/posts/the-hunters-denver/Fri, 01 Mar 1991 17:50:00 +0000https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/posts/the-hunters-denver/<p><em><a href="https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/locations/24th-diocese/">24th Diocese</a>, Five Points</em></p> <p><em>Denver, Colorado</em></p> <hr> <p>The bench grinder threw sparks against the workshop wall in Cherry Hills. Past midnight. Marcus worked the oak by hand after that, testing each point against his palm until the tip dimpled skin without splitting it. Three stakes between them when he was done. He held one up to the fluorescent tube.</p> <p>&ldquo;<a href="https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/npcs/tony/">Tony</a> told us a stake stops the heart,&rdquo; Marcus said. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t tell us how you get close enough to use one on something that moves like he does.&rdquo;</p>