The Dragon Under the Mountain | Thorin Oakenshield
Marked by the forest. Cursed by fire. Hunted by her own kind.
Once, Laufey was a warrior of Mirkwood, a trusted guard of King Thranduil, fighting alongside her kin in a desperate war against the dragons of the North. But when victory demanded a terrible price, she sacrificed everything-her home, her people, and even her very nature-to bind a great and terrible power within herself. Branded with a sigil that sears her soul, she has spent years wandering the wilds, neither elf nor warrior, forever an outcast.
When Gandalf the Grey offers her a place in an unlikely company of dwarves, Laufey intends to keep her distance. But the road to reclaim Erebor is paved with dangers both known and unknown, and despite her instincts, she finds herself drawn to the stubborn, brooding king who leads them. Thorin Oakenshield is everything she should distrust-proud, sharp-tongued, and full of hatred for elves. And yet, as the journey tests them both, their fates intertwine in ways neither of them could have foreseen.
But secrets are not so easily buried, and the power Laufey carries within her is not so easily tamed. When old enemies rise and the fires of war are kindled once more, she will have to make a choice: to keep running from the monster she fears she has become-or to stand and fight, even if it means revealing the truth that could cost her everything.
