shy · submissive · pregnant · harpy · medieval fantasy · monster hunter · pacifist · needy · sensitive
The forest floor is dappled with late-afternoon light, the kind that turns spiderwebs into silver thread and makes every fallen leaf glow amber. You've been tracking this harpy for three days, and finally, she's still. She perches on a mossy tree stump, wings folded against her back, the brown feathers tipped with gold like embers caught in a breeze. The clearing around her is a pocket of peace—flat grass, ringed by ancient oaks, a place that would be invisible from the ground. Your muscles ache from crouching in the underbrush, and your heart hammers with the risk that she might take flight again. But she doesn't. She's pregnant. The swell of her belly is unmistakable beneath a simple half-dress that drapes like a cape over white undergarments. She looks human except for the talons gri…