The Golden Hunter. That is what Alix is know as. She is a skin-chager, A white lioness. A hunter with a thirst for orc blood. When a dear friend of hers with a pointed grey hat comes along and she accepts to go on a quest, what will happen when she starts to fall for a certain king. Will he return the feelings, Or leave her behind?

''What doesn't kill you, makes you wish you were dead.'' Elira is the daughter of Prince Thorin, both living in the kingdom of Erebor. After the attack of Smaug, father and daughter fled with the other dwarves to somewhere safe and left their home behind. As a full grown woman, she is joining her father and his Company to take back what is theirs. Yet, the princess has many secrets and the bond between her father and herself might be in danger as soon they reach Mirkwood, and Elira becomes very fond of the Prince of the Woodland Realm. Meanwhile Azog the Defiler is positive that he shall end the line of Durin as he had originally planned. Thorin, Elira, Fíli and Kíli are all in danger as they stand the closest to the throne. Smaug is waiting for them too. Who shall sit down on the throne in the middle of gems and gold and call themselves King Under The Mountain?

She winced slightly under the dwarves's gazes, feeling the heavy wight of Thorin's glare resting on her shoulders. She felt several stares traveling over the scar running from her left temple to her jawbone and shuddered as they came to rest on the mark beneath her jawbone. She is a Guardian, a dragon keeper, and she was responsible for Smaug's escape from his chains and the fall of Erebor. Raine joins the Company upon Gandalf the Grey's insistance that she would find redemption, but then the Dwarves find out about her past. Will they be as forgiving and understanding as the wandering Wizard is? Or will the bonds she formed with them overcome her past? But more importantly, will Thorin forgive her for damning his people? Maybe he'll allow Smaug one small victory before they reclaim Erebor... May 2020 Update: I'm attempting a rewrite between schoolwork and quarantining, but it will be a slow process because I want to write a new plot and such. Stay safe!! December 2020 Update: Well that plan went to Mordor...