Everyone in Cranford Falls knows the Prescott family. Not only do they run Miss Fortune's Crystal occult shop in town, but they're also known for their psychic abilities. On occasion, they're even called into service to assist the police on particularly difficult cases. All except Alex Prescott, that is. Unlike her three sisters, she's inherited none of her family's gifts. At least that was what she thought until the day the dead guy showed up in her bedroom asking for her help in solving a murder. His own.
Six months after his brother Frerin's death, Detective Thorin Durin is on a downward spiral of self-destruction until Frerin starts showing up in his apartment, claiming his death was not an unfortunate accident but was, in fact a murder. Trouble is, Frerin doesn't know who did it, so he wants Thorin to reopen the case and solve it, with Alex's help.
As they work together to find out just exactly what happened to Frerin, Alex and Thorin grow closer. Neither one knows it, but Frerin isn't just looking to solve his own murder, he's trying to help his brother cope with his loss as well, and to find happiness with the Prescott sister who's known as the quiet one...
It is as though Ilwien seeks out trouble with the hope that, among it, she might find adventure, too. But one day, it is a dwarf they call Thorin Oakenshield she finds instead. And perhaps that will be the worst trouble of all...
After losing her people in a brutal attack centuries ago, Ilwien does not hesitate to join a company of dwarves on a journey through which she might reclaim her homelands. She soon learns, however, that the leader of the company, a dwarf they call Thorin Oakenshield, seems set on hating her merely for the nature of her being. The question arises of who might manage to detest the other more, but then everything is turned upside down when Ilwien saves the dwarven king's life...
How I Leave You is the book I have always wanted to read, but after years of being unable to find anything resembling it, I decided to create it myself.
We have all read a good Thorin fic before. So I wanted to write a great one.
23/11/2021: #1 in thorinoakenshield
05/01/2022: #2 in thehobbit