Project File: Hell Hound Blues by IcefallsTears

Title: Hell Hound Blues

Author: IcefallsTears

Fandom: Original Fiction

Pairing(s): Datura/Jeremy, Loki/Eris

Word Count Goal: 50,000

Summary: In a AU 21st century world where polytheistic religions exist side by side with monotheistic ones; each pantheon has their own heaven and their own hell. The only beings who can move freely between the borders are the Reapers who ferry their passengers to heaven and hell, and the Hell Hounds whose job it is to know the scent of the condemned as well as to track and retrieve the very few condemned that manage to escape over the millennia.

Datura is unique among the denizens of the supernatural realms. A Hell Hound born into a humanoid form she was given the title of Huntress, and the responsibility of overseeing the hunts in the mortal world. Smart, cunning, and determined to prove herself to those who deem her anathema; she has never failed a hunt. However, the most recent escapee of the hells is more cunning than most and well knows how to use the every day life of the big cities to evade capture.

Jeremy is a doctor who has dedicated his life to helping those who desperately need it. He is compassionate, grounded, and fierce in his battle against losing his patients to death. If he happens to see shadows out of the corners of his eyes when patients die, it’s surely because he’s tired and stressed. Nothing could have prepared him  for the sight of a woman and a pack hounds, that no one else seems to notice, running through his hospital. Or for that matter, seeing a coma patient jump out of a 6th floor window and run away.

Datura does not need some one getting in her way and Jeremy is not about to stop trying to find his patient. But both are hunting the same being (sort of) and Jeremy knows more about the city than Datura. An arrangement has been struck, now it’s time to see if joining forces will help them save the people of the city from the evil that has been unleashed amongst them.

Warnings: implied past squick (not underage), possible scenes of torture, blatant manipulation of mythology, and possible Het… also Loki and Eris.