The Nine of Crows

The crows of Middle-Earth see everything. From the awakening of the Elves to the blackening of the Southlands and the fall of Eregion. In the decaying citadel of Pelargir, Helena Stormcrow walks under the guise of peace. In reality, she seeks to protect the deadly secret which has kept her people powerful for centuries.
In the west, Lady Elia, former vice-emissary to Lord Celebrimbor, lives in a self-imposed exile with her hyperpeceptive daughter Sirea--trying to shake away the shadows of what happened in Eregion--until an orc pack drives them from hiding, into Gil-Galad's game.
Told from multiple perspectives, Nine of Crows is a slow-burn, deeply haunting epic of grief, love, and political intrigue as secrets take flight in black feathers, and the Nine begin to rise...
CONTENT WARNINGS: Violence, several moderately graphic injuries, light romantic affection (hand holding and a kiss with several moments of flirting), heavy themes of trauma, PTSD, depression, and grief.
UPDATE: I AM WORKING ON FIXING THE CHAPTERS AS WE SPEAK. I KNOW THEY ARE NOT TITLED RIGHT BECAUSE I LOST COUNT ON WORD. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.