"And though... love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps the greater." Thorin Oakenshield has survived the Battle of the Five Armies, but at a grievous cost. A second chance at life, and a first at love, will stand against the changing tides of Middle Earth. Thorin/OC. Dwalin/OC. Post BOFTA AU.

He had never met a woman quite like her. Her people were known as monsters, but as the quest begins, he finds that all is not as it seems. She was rude, cocky, disrespectful. She was a woman of the Wilds. SEQUEL IS NOW UP!