A quiet girl arrives at a country house with nothing but a suitcase and a lifetime of silence. War pushes children out of London and into the unknown. Behind the doors of an old wardrobe, a frozen world waits.
When the Pevensie children step into Narnia, Elara is pulled into a conflict far bigger than anything she understands. She carries habits shaped by fear and years of control. She trusts no one. She speaks little. Yet Narnia refuses to leave her untouched.
Battles must be fought. Alliances must be formed. Choices must be made long before anyone feels ready.
At the center of it all stands Edmund Pevensie. Sharp. Defensive. Quick to hurt and quicker to regret. Their connection begins badly and grows slowly through mistakes, distance, and moments neither of them expected. Friendship forms under pressure. Loyalty grows in silence. Love arrives only after years of shared battles and painful choices.
"Stop it, Dax." I wouldn't meet his eyes, I couldn't. His hot breath trailed up my neck, his soft lips ghosting over the exposed flesh. He chuckled when my back arched involuntarily, my cheeks flaring hot and pink.
"It's Officer Rivera, to you." His deep voice rasped quietly in my ear. "Besides, you don't want me to stop, Princesa."
"If you don't stop, I'll-"
"You'll what?" He interrupted, smirking against my jawline. "Call the police?"
Jane Kingsley is a Veterinary Medicine major at the University of California-Davis. If she isn't at school, she's either working or lounging around the house she shares with her best friend, Vivian Tyler. Everything in Jane's life was getting back to normal, almost boringly average. But then Officer Daxon Rivera moves in next door. Flirty, sexy, and a total asshole: Officer Rivera is everything Jane wants to stay away from. But can she?
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Ranked #32 in Romance [2-1-2018]