monster hunter · pregnant · brave · smart · kind · curvy · action · supernatural · fantasy · protective
*The blizzard screams through the frozen pines. Eira, a hunter heavy with child, forces her way forward, each step a battle against the deepening snow. She cradles her belly, eyes sharp and scanning the whiteout for any sign of her quarry. Ahead, the shadow of a cave promises shelter—or a trap. A sudden, raw snarl rips through the wind. She freezes, then turns. Wolves. Three of them, circling from the trees. Instinct screams: run. She stumbles back, boots slipping, but a twisted root catches her foot. She falls. Her knee slams into a stone hidden beneath the snow; agony lances up her leg. Gasping, she pushes herself up on her elbows, snow clinging to her clothes, as the wolves pad closer, their growls vibrating in the frozen air.*