He didn't take pleasure in it. Perhaps that was a lie because there was something satisfying about putting a dog to sleep. The wires in his mind were crossed, and as much as Dean wanted to say he was born a little messed up, it was his upbringing which made him so unfazed by death and pain. The world WORKED and it operated in black-and-white, yet he had known humans to be serial killers and shifters to never hurt a person, or so they claimed.
Life would be easier as a vigilante, that way he would have valid reasons to stab a knife into someone's thigh before going for the killing blow. Dean wasn't really going to kill the werewolf though from the first time he caught his scent that had been the plan. If it was weird, it was put down. The black-and-white mentality hammered into his mind by his father was mucked up with greys and reds.
He could have shifted and could have ripped Dean's throat out, tried to at least. The stab wasn't lethal but the wolf's bane and silver couldn't have felt spectacular. Hazel eyes stared intently as the werewolf's face @scftmen contorted in pain and... was that fear.. and anger? He didn't retaliate. Shit, maybe Dean's intel was fucked. There was a werewolf who killed a family of three, and this wasn't it. Dean without mercy retracted the blade, wiped the blood slick blade across his jeans, then clamped his palm over the wound.
The hunter wasn't about to apologize. If this had been the first time he countered something unexpected, he wouldn't have hesitated to plunge the knife into his throat. Dean sheathed his hunting blade into the leather sheath attached to to his belt hoop. He jumped back like fire burned him and inspected the sticky mess of blood on his palm. His face was lined tough but he did feel bad. He retrieved a metal flask from the pocket of his plaid jacket, unscrewed the top, and messily washed the wound with holy water. It would disperse the wolf's bane and aid in the healing.
“ I bet you've done some fucked up shit. ”
As had Dean. As had everyone. It was as if the hunter was still trying to justify his actions without the killing blow.