We were just kids

They met as children-Angela, bold and protective at twelve, and Lucy, quiet and hurting at eight. Born from a friendship forged in shared secrets and sleepless nights, their bond was unshakable. Until the day everything shattered.

Fifteen years later, Angela is a seasoned LAPD detective. Lucy, a rookie officer trying to outrun the ghosts of her past, walks back into Angela's life unexpectedly-wearing a badge and a name Angela never stopped missing.

Now, on opposite ends of the chain of command, they must navigate the job, buried trauma, and the slow-burning feelings that never fully went away. But some wounds never heal cleanly-and some love stories take a lifetime to find their way home.

A story about survival, reconnection, and learning that sometimes, the safest place in the world... is still in her arms.