God, I love original fanfics. Especially when they are as well-written as this.

Heh, he's so cautious and she's such a blunt instrument. Once or twice I caught myself thinking how much worse it would be if she was a mage. Post-awakenings mages are stupidly powerful, too much so to be as twitchy as this girl is.

Love all the local colour, love your vision of the Crows and Antiva (soo much more of that to come I expect) and love to see a Zev who isn't desperate for protectors and therefore can be himself.