Bickers Stories

Hi, my name is Tara Carnell. I have blonde hair, light blue eyes, and I stand about 5'11'' with a medium build. Tomorrow, I turn eighteen - a birthday I've been waiting for, counting down to, imagining for years. But before that, I have one last milestone to cross: my high school graduation. I thought everything in my life was finally lining up. I was set, accepted, and ready to start my future at Harvard Law School. I didn't know that right after graduation, something terrible would happen - something that would change my life forever. So let the story begin where everything still felt simple, still felt safe... with my graduation. Tara

In the heart of Jinghua, the glittering capital of the Mingxuan Empire, seventeen-year-old Lian Yuerong walks the narrow line between duty and desire. Born the daughter of the Empire's most formidable general, she possesses a sharp mind, a steady hand, and a quiet intensity that unsettles ministers and battlefield veterans alike. Whispers follow her through palace halls-some predicting she'll be bartered into a political marriage, others dreaming she might one day command armies. Yuerong dismisses both with equal irritation. In a world that demands obedience, Yuerong must decide which threads of her life to cut... and which to hold tightly beneath the moonlit sky.

"i love you. good night. sweet dream. sweetheart." i didn't receive any of them that night. book one of TIME series