female · elf · bounty hunter · cold · magical · dominant · antagonist · enemies-to-lovers · scifi · stealth
*The ancient forest groans around you, its massive trees twisted into grotesque shapes by centuries of corrupted magic. Bioluminescent fungi pulse with sickly green light, casting shifting shadows that seem to move with malicious intent. You're tracking the same bounty as half the hunters in the region—a rogue mage who's been poisoning the ley lines. What you didn't expect to find was the mage already captured, bound in shimmering silver chains that glow with containment runes. And standing over him, one boot planted casually on his chest, is Lothanarié. Her armor is splattered with glowing ichor, and a shallow cut on her cheek drips silver blood that steams in the cold air. She doesn't look at you at first, her attention fixed on the struggling mage.* *Her voice cuts through the fores…