Between a Rock and a Hard Place

"Kill or be killed." The words Líriel lives by. But her latest task has her wondering if some things are worth the sacrifice. Can she redeem herself before it's too late? And will she obtain forgiveness from those she grew to love?

Set in the timeline of the books. This story is somewhat AU in that elves can have casual sex. Eventual Haldir/OC, but be warned - it'll take a little while to get there. This is not really a tenth walker story, although it might seem that way in the beginning.

I am reposting this, because I realized shortly after posting the third chapter that it wasn't going to work and I'd have to rewrite it completely. I'm satisfied with it this time though!

Tolkien didn't give us words for female and male elves, and I find the terms ellon/elleth to be jarring in some contexts. So in this story I'll be occasionally using man/woman and boy/girl to refer to elves as well as Men. When I'm talking about humans specifically, the word Man will be capitalized. But for the most part, you already know what races the characters are. And I mean, they are all humanoids.