ashmrobin
A world divided by barrier.
Evan Cross is a hunter, trained to believe elves are nothing but monsters beyond the barrier. Anaya is a five-year-old elf, lost in human lands and starving. When Evan is sent to interrogate the tiny prisoner, he expects a monster. Instead, he finds a child who looks at him not with fear, but with recognition.
With one trembling word-"Papa"-a war-hardened man's world shatters.
Now, the man sent to destroy her must become her protector. Together, they begin a journey across a divided world where the only thing more dangerous than the magic between them is the bond they weren't meant to have.
Status: for the first day, five chapters in a row then updates daily.
What to expect:
A grumpy hunter who never planned on being anyone's father - and a little elf girl who decided he was hers anyway.
Found family built slowly, reluctantly, and then all at once.
Grief, love, and the kind of loyalty that doesn't ask permission.
A story about the families we choose, and the ones that choose us first.