A Shot at Justice: a Vigilante Story

When justice becomes personal, how far will one man go to stop the cycle of abuse?Wyatt Dardin is an artist, a junkyard king, and a man finally living in peace—until a bruised and broken child appears at his door, whispering the same horrors Wyatt barely escaped as a boy. What begins as a confrontation with the boy’s abusive father ends in blood—and Wyatt covering up a body on his own land.Haunted by the violence that shaped him, Wyatt embarks on a dangerous journey to track down the mother who vanished during his darkest days. But as he travels west, stories of abuse seem to follow him, each one more brutal than the last. And with each new monster he meets, Wyatt faces the same question: Is it murder… or justice?When he befriends a young man shattered by years of torment, a single act of compassion spirals into a deadly game. Now, someone is hunting Wyatt—someone who knows what he’s done. As his past and present collide, the lines between savior and killer blur.Can one man stop the cycle of violence—or will it consume him first?