Hunter Mallick

Hunter Mallick is a fictional character from the 'Mallick Brothers'/'Scars' series of the Navesink Bank Universe. He is the third eldest son of Helen and Charlie Mallick.

His father is a well known loan shark in Navesink Bank, and he was formerly an enforcer for his underground loan business. He has since left the family business, opening his own tattoo parlor where he is also a tattoo artist. He is married to Fiona (Fee) Mallick, formerly Meyers, with whom he has three daughters: Becca, Izzy, and Mayla. Hunter and Fee's story is found in the book For A Good Time, Call... and is the first book in the Navesink Bank Universe.

Early Life
The third son of Helen and Charlie Mallick, Hunter spent his early years being rough and tumble and fighting with his four brother. As he hit his teenage and young adult years, he spent time working at their family's legitimate bar, Chaz's, however Helen observes that he would "get distracted on the job, scribbling pictures on the place mats or napkins, but he did his part wit h a little reminding here and there."

Due to stipulations and threats put on Helen and Charlie by her brother, Michael, Hunter and his brothers eventually began to help out with his father's loan sharking business, specifically as an enforcer. Often times he would be the second or third of the Mallicks to visit those who were delinquent with their payments. Despite having grown up around the violent nature of the family business, Hunter never cared for it and in fact actively hated it, and at eighteen he began to work part time as a tattoo artist. This would eventually lead to him run away from Navesink Bank to New York City, in an attempt to leave the family business, which is where the events of "For a Good Time Call..." begin.

For A Good Time, Call...
Hunter leaves his hometown of Navesink Bank, New Jersey and moves into an apartment in an undisclosed portion of New York City working at part time at a tattoo parlor. He moves into the apartment next to Fiona (Fee) Meyers, who runs a phone sex hotline from her apartment, and they first encounter each other when he steps out on his balcony for a smoke after moving in and breaking on the the key rules of the city by looking at her.

After he moves in, he begins renovating his apartment, causing Fee to confront him before barging in and stealing all of his tools so that he can't wake her with his incessant banging in the morning. Hunter is at first confused and amused about the amount of sex Fee seems to have on a daily basis but finds himself instantly attracted to her and her attitude. The two spend much of their early time interacting through sniping at each other, until Hunter sees a man attempting to assault her and comes to her rescue, beating her attacker to a pulp, losing himself to the violence that he had run away from.

The dynamic of their relationship changes after that incident, which ultimately leads to Fee bringing him a 'welcome to the building and thanks for saving me from rape' present in the form of a cactus which is prickly, like her. Their relationship evolves into a romantic one, with Hunter eventually finding out about her phone sex business and her brutal upbringing. When her brother, Isaiah, shows up at her apartment, with the news that their father is dying, Hunter encourages her to go and close that chapter of her life and to start anew. Shortly after she leaves, Hunter's youngest brother, Shane, shows up to drag him back to Navesink Bank destroying his cell phone along the way so he is unable to reach out to Fee. He leaves the cactus behind for her.

Upon returning to Navesink Bank, he meets his family at their bar and gets into an argument with their father for leaving. This eventually leads to Hunter getting a beat-out by his father and brothers. Despite promising to eventually release him from the family business, Hunter still has to hang around Navesink Bank to continue to solidify the Mallick's position and to not show any weakness to the other organizations. After three months he finally returns to New York to Fee.

After an initial argument, Hunter is able to explain why he left and the two reunite. After meeting his family, Fee informs Hunter that she wants to move to Navesink Bank so that they are closer to his family as she doesn't have much family left. Hunter agrees and they begin their future together.

Other Appearances

 * Eli (Mallick Brothers Book 4)
 * After Eli gets out of prison, Hunter encounters his brother in a hardware store parking lot. The two have a heated exchange which ends with Eli telling Hunter to tell his daughters that he is dead "because it's true."
 * In the Epilogue, Hunter is having a meltdown over the fact that his youngest daughter, Mayla (who had turned 17) was preparing for her first date.
 * In the Epilogue, Hunter is having a meltdown over the fact that his youngest daughter, Mayla (who had turned 17) was preparing for her first date.

Personality & Other Notes
Hunter is formerly a smoker, always having a pack of cigarettes and frequently standing out on his balcony and smoking during the events of "For a Good Time Call..."

As a tattoo artist, Hunter works a lot with color, but also works in black and gray. This is the opposite of the tattoos that he sports, which are almost exclusively black and gray.

Hunter is also fairly handy at carpentry, making all sorts of furniture: from nursery room sets to dining room tables.

Hunter struggled with the violence of enforcing for his father's loan shark business. While not sensitive, per say, he has more of an artist's mentality than Ryan, Mark, and Shane, who all work under their father Charlie.

He loves his family, but does not want to do what they do, which has him warring with himself throughout his and Fee's story. Despite his love for his family, he is willing to completely cut ties for his own sanity and peace of mind.

He was part owner of a liquor store, one of his family's legitimate businesses, before eventually opening a tattoo parlor that was completely free and clear from the rest of his family's enterprises.