So this is basically After, but it's from Hardin's side. I'm assuming you already know he's an angry, British guy who swore he didn't believe in love. This is him before, during, and after Tessa walked in and wrecked every plan he thought he had. Expect the same fights and some familiar scenes but with extra added curves that I thought made sense to me

𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 - 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓... 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎. 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 - 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉." Sometimes you don't run away to start anew, but because you no longer have the strength to stay. Haunted by their pasts, seventeen-year-old Jolene and her mother have no choice but to flee back into their memories. Together, they move into the house Jolene's late grandfather left them, in Forks, a place where Jolene spent part of her childhood, now nothing more than a whispering memory in the fog, scented with rain, friendship, smoke, and the past. What Jolene doesn't yet know is what awaits her among the gray-green misty forests and silent roads. She will learn that the past doesn't always stay buried, that hearts can open again, even after learning how to remain closed, that love doesn't always mean healing, and that some encounters are not coincidences, but fate. ~𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬, 𝐜𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.

The moons remember what the world has forgotten. Hidden among mortals by her mother, Herinity, Avyanna has always lived in the quiet shadow of her gifted sister, Delilah. She was never meant to awaken, but when it comes, what should have been her long-delayed awakening becomes something far older, far more dangerous - a power whispered about only in the oldest lunar myths: the Lost Moonstone. Now hunted by prophecy and dreams of a kingdom lost beneath fractured moons, Avyanna must navigate a world where truth and illusion blur, and every secret her mother kept begins to unravel. As war stirs beyond the veils of Galariah, ancient forces awaken - including the exiled god who calls her "daughter." The High Council fractures, her sister succumbs to shadow whispers, and reality itself begins to bend under her emotions. As the moons align and the veil between realms shatters, Avyanna must decide whether she will be the Balance reborn or the ruin her blood was destined to bring. Because when the violet moon rises, salvation and destruction will share the same face. Power born of moons always demands sacrifice. And Avyanna is beginning to fear the price is her soul. Family. Love. Friendship. Betrayal. Loss. Only fate is in control now.

Grayson walks beside me now, drenched in water. His blonde curls were turning into waves on his forehead, with his blue eyes looking down at me in thought, arms... his arms. I hated looking at his arms because they made me feel like a harlot. A green polo, popped at the color, and blue jeans. I loathed being around him when his arms were out. My frontal lobe would cease. And I hated it. "You could've caught a cold, do you want that?" Grayson put his hands on his hips as we stood in the parking lot of our school. "No, Grayson, it's impossible to get a cold from that. It's a myth. unless you're sick with something, which would make me more vulnerable towards it." I flick off the water on my blouse. Evangalina "Evie" Moody has a plan for everything. If she isn't in control, then there isn't a point to it, Grayson "Prince" Santiago saw her 10 years ago, and made her his best friend, as the son of Angar Santiago, the 80s jackz, Grayson is a hot comodoity, with people betting on him and his twin- Damon Santiago, since they were born for the title of the new milleums jackz. Damon Santiago saw Evie 10 years ago and knew he hated her, and Evie felt the same, with years of hatred from one twin and years of friendship from the other. Evie believes things will stay the same, just like she likes it. Until her junior year is cursed, and she's tasked as one of the prom leaders with Grayson, as well as Damon. Will Evie be able to plan a perfect prom to her standards while keeping secrets from Grayson? Or would things fall apart due to his annoying brother?