Chapter 12: The Hunter
Tiago
I've spent years looking for them, a widowed bride and a fatherless son, to try to mend my mistakes, but for years they have always been one step ahead of me. At this point I just want to give up.
"Cash or card sir." I look up at the woman behind the counter. This girl's so young and bright just like how She used to be.
"Um sir?"
"Huh? Oh! Yeah sorry cash!" The girl rings me up. "Miss? I hope it's not too rude of me but I was wondering how old you might be?" She stares at me strangely.
"It is rude of you to ask but I'm eighteen." I smile and nod to her.
"Well I'm sorry for my boldness. Thank you though." I take my food and walk back to my car.
'she's too young to be Her.'
I've been nearly everywhere trying to find Her, but of course fate has other plans and I'm on a goose chase, and the goose might have already died for all I know. I can't stop looking even if I do find only a tomestone to mark the earth of who use to walk it. I have to tell her the truth, even if I'm a worse person for doing so. Next stop Withrush some mining town, small and full of people running from the past. It's perfect.
I hop in my car ready for the road.
"Shut up Ricky! We are never going back to that godforsaken mountain again!!" I look over at some commotion going on with a few men.
"Kev! Come on don't you think that will be the hunt of our lives?! Two Giant Legendary Wolves like that?!" My ears perked at the conversation.
'Wolves.'
The tall man that was against the idea grabbed the blabber mouth by his collar.
"You didn't have the beast breath down your neck!! Or whisper evils in your ear!!! We're lucky to have gotten out of there with our lives Ricky!!" He shoved the fat man on the ground. "You go get yourself killed!! But I won't ever go back! They call it wolf mountain for a reason!! And no one ever returns from that place!! Count yourself lucky you did!" He turns and walks off.
'Wolf Mountain.. Wolves.. Whisper evils… Two Giant legendary Wolves.. King… Kingmen… Kingmen Wolf… I found you.'
I grin, jump out of the car and run over to the group of men.
"Hey! I couldn't help but overhear. This Wolf mountain. Where is it?"
The short fat man pats the dirt off his pants.
"Why would we tell you? You might kill the beasts yourself and hord all the glory." That pissed me off. I clinched my teeth to keep my temper under control, instead of giving in I tried the 'I'm a nature lover' approach.
"Nope I don't hunt but I do love the name. I might just visit there and check out the scenery." He glared at me.
"I can assure you that you don't want to do that. There's a legend about that mountain. And trust me when I say it's true. Kev was right about one thing. We were lucky to come off of that mountain alive." I grin.
"All the more to go check it out." The man's face turned red in frustration. I knew that if he smarted off to me I wouldn't be able to hold back any longer.
" Look here I've had enough of yo-" I grabbed his face and swung him around smashing his head into the brick building.
"I've had enough of your rude swindling behavior! Now tell me where that mountain is!"
One of the other men grabbed my shoulder causing my blood to boil. I let go of Blabber Mouth and grabbed the man's hand twisting his wrist around snapping the Bones and tendons in it. He cried out falling back as another ran at me with a golf club. When He swung it at me I caught it yanking it out of his hands and kicked him in the crotch and swung the club making contact with his head.
"Wait!! Stop!!" I looked over at BlabberMouth. One of his hands was in the air and the other on the gash on his head.
'Fuck. I did it again.'
"Just stop. I'll tell you." He swallows hard and takes a breath causing my patience to wear thin.
"Spit it out!" I growled making him jump.
"On highway 44 it'll take you to a small town called Glade. It's about 40 miles past town you can't miss it. It's the biggest Mountain there!" I grin and walk over to him digging in my pocket. He hugs against the wall terrified. I crouch down and hand him a handkerchief.
"Thank you for your help and sorry about the mess." I stand and go back to my car feeling refreshed from letting off some steam. All at once a girl's face flashed in my eyes. A girl who's life I was responsible for destroying. I don't know what I wanted to do when I saw her or what would happen. I just hope our old habits died when He did. Blabber-Mouth's voice cut through my thoughts and echoed in my ears.
'A small town called Glade.'
"Glade huh? So that's where you've been hiding."
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