IMPORTANT: This story continues directly from Book One, which covers Seasons 1-4 of The New Officer. You must read Book One first to fully understand the events, characters, and relationships in this story. The title, description, and cover remain the same as the first book. Hunter Lopez is a police officer newly transferred to the Los Angeles Police Department, having moved from the NYPD to be closer to her siblings and her mother. What she doesn't expect is that this move will drag buried secrets into the light - secrets that were never meant to surface. As Hunter navigates life in the LAPD, she's forced to confront haunting flashbacks, unresolved trauma, and entirely new experiences that test her strength, her loyalty, and her identity as an officer. Some wounds never truly heal - they just wait. DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Rookie or its characters. All characters and events belong to their respective owners. Some elements have been altered to fit this story. This story is rated Mature due to themes present in the show (violence, trauma, heavy subject matter). I do not write smut.

Hunter Lopez, is a new officer in the Los Angeles Police Department from the NYPD. She moved from New York to Los Angeles to be closer to her siblings and mother, but she didn't know that this move would reveal secrets kept from her, flashbacks, and brand new traumatic experiences. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Rookie or the characters, things have been changed to fit the story, rated mature for obvious reasons in the show, I don't write smut.

Before the LAPD. Before heartbreak. Before secrets that would change everything. Hunter Lopez and Tim Bradford were only eighteen when their paths crossed in Army training in 2001. What started as a rivalry turned into an unbreakable bond-and eventually, love. By 2005, they were leading their own unit: Tim as Staff Sergeant, Hunter as his Second-in-Command. Together, they fought wars no one else could understand. In 2007, they traded combat boots for badges, joining the LAPD side by side. But life had other plans. Law school, undercover assignments, and the weight of duty pulled them apart. Tim found a new life, a new love... and a marriage that came with its own demons. Hunter left for New York, chasing justice but losing herself in the darkness of undercover work. Years later, the past isn't done with them. Because some bonds don't break-they just lie in wait. This is the untold story of Tim Bradford and Hunter Lopez before The New Officer began.

Autumn Sommers joined the LAFD having decided to become a firefighter just like her grandmother and grandfather were before her father was born. Autumn Sommers and Tim Bradford met, there was an undeniable attraction between the two of them but the two of them were stubborn and the subject of many rumours which of course were unfounded. Autumn's time as a firefighter, always working with the LAPD causes brand new traumatic experiences for her, secrets to be revealed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Rookie or the characters, things have been changed to fit the story, rated mature for obvious reasons in the show, I don't write smut.