Manhunt
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Last published Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Scarred with a past of a brutal marriage that came to a vicious ending, and watching the death of her sister right before her eyes. A once kind, naive woman named Scarlett transforms into a ruthless killing assassin in order to appease her thirst for vengeance. As if killing her husband wasn't enough, she desired more. She thrives to kill all of those people who were deemed unnecessary due to the cruelty and wrongness of their actions. The ones who deserved death but justice would never come to. A vigilante of sorts, teamed with a group of friends like no others, and a common goal to assassinate the city's newest "tyrant" for his disruption of the peace in Icelight City and deciding to enslave innocent young children to do his bidding.
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