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Chapter Two: The Hunter [read here]
Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Fic Summary: There's an old rumour about the Todoroki family. That they're cursed, get too close to one and they'll drag you straight down to hell.
In the west, one crook turned bounty-hunter won't let something like a silly rumour get between him and his soulmate. This is a story about love but before all that, it's a story about revenge.
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“It would be good to move,” the Sheriff offered kindly. “There’s too much bad blood here. Never a shame to get a fresh start, son.”
“A fresh start like them thieves, or one like my mother?” he hurled. “I won’t ever get a fresh start until those men are six feet under and my mother’s safe.” Like you’re meant to feel, he thought to himself, resentful.
“They ain’t ever gonna get hold of your mother. Wherever she is, she’s safe. Safer than you, I can promise.”
Shouto shook his head. “You don’t even know that,” he snapped lowly. “The only way you’ll ever know is to find her or those men, whoever comes first.”
The Sheriff huffed a frustrated laugh. “And how is that gonna happen now, boy? You expecting a bounty hunter to come and save your ass. Well, I’m here to tell you now, you ain’t gonna find someone like Deku in these parts.”
Shouto’s eye widened, his breath escaping out as a whoosh. “Bounty hunter?”
