Talaitha is a traveling healer who's perfectly content with her solitary lifestyle, until a certain scheming wizard convinces her to join Thorin's Company as their healer. Faced with more terror, pain, and joy than she imagined possible, Talaitha must decide if Thorin and his kin are worth relinquishing her previous lifestyle. Thorin/OFC. Rated M for later. *REWRITES IN PROGRESS*