Read the story here on AO3! http://archiveofourown.org/works/30.....apters/8761192

Story summary:

Blaise is a young arraneum, a type of creature built as a human to the hip, morphing the body of a giant spider. Abandoning the rest of his people for life as a hermit, he lives alone in the woods for two years. Until one day , a hunting excursion brings Blaise face to face with a woman named Louise. A naga, her body dissolves from a human woman's to that of a serpent below her waist. With winter fast approaching, the pair form a tense alliance. However, given time, their partnership will turn into a bond that tests their strength of trust, of will, and of hope in the world around them.