"I promised myself to never fall in love again, even if that leaves me to be alone for the rest of my existence. I don't really see the point now you know. Devoting yourself and giving everything that you have to give to someone who will eventually shatter you to pieces. What's the use, really?" "The thrill of it all I suppose. Having your heart on the line, the power that the person that you love holds over you. Maybe it's like living on a permanent state of adrenaline. Pathetic. If I wanted to do something thrilling I would throw myself off the astronomy tower and do Arresto Momentum before I hit the ground" "Well then, heaven help the fools who fall in love" "Agree. Heaven help the fools who fall in love" Disclaimer: I only own the characters that I created, everything else belongs to she who must not be named. This fanfic follows the events of the books but the story revolves around Madeleine. We do not support JKR's beliefs in this household so if you do please kindly get out. Started: 30/12/20 Completed: 11/09/21 Word count: 601905

A younger sister cannot wed before an older sister. It's a law of their society, a rule vehemently obeyed by prominent families in the nobility, and it's always been Ella Harrington's buffer. Ella has never been interested in marrying for anything short of love itself. Unfortunately for her, love is a rarity in the marriages of the aristocracy. Fortunately for her, her sister Emily is precisely one year older than her and is the most unpleasant, disagreeable, sulking woman to ever debut in all of England. So Ella may never have to marry at all. A free woman, she enjoys her time on the sidelines and wishes for nothing more. That is, until a tall, dark, and brooding Duke comes to town alongside an old friend of her brother's. Suddenly, Ella finds herself questioning the antiquated marriage order rule as her buffer begins to feel more like a barrier. Not that it matters. The Duke isn't interested in her anyway. Right?

𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄? 𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍'𝐓 𝐄𝐀𝐓, 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏, 𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔. (y/n) carter grew up with a tough childhood. watching her parents die at such a young age she was forced to grow up fast. raised by the hands of her childhood neighbor she was taught that no matter what your blood status was you treat everyone with kindness and that was exactly what she did. She made friends with people who were considered "blood traitors," "mudbloods," and "halfbreeds" and at the end of it all she let herself fall in love with one. her life never made much sense to her until she had found a purpose. a purpose in the weasley twins. [Ranked #3 for witchesandwizards 1/2/2021] [Ranked #1 for Hogwartswitchcraftandwizards 4/12/2022] NEW CHAPTERS EVERY WEDNESDAY! [𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐱𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑] [𝓈𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑒 - 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓈] All characters are owned by JK Rowling, except Aiden + Wren.