Until he crashlands on the Wynne Farm near St Anne, Alderney, Edmund Bolton will have insisted the most prudent thing about himself is his medical degree and his willingness to fight fascists. But of course it’s that island, and that farm – and that family.

Aidan Wynne is tortured by the shame of others and tormented by a freedom he feels he can never possess. Until the handsome military doctor with far too much understanding and far too little self-preservation comes to turn his life on its head.

The war makes fighters of all affected, but none so much as the lovers and those who must love quietly. Often, the fray has less to do with weaponry and bloodshed, and everything to do with keeping tame a passion that seeks to send the world up in flames without burning oneself up in the process.

”Once more into the fray,
into the last good fight I’ll ever know.
Live and die on this day,
live and die on this day.”

Fray is created by Li Walt, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

FRay

Aidan’s been out by the fountain for a while now. He’s definitely overextended himself and the pain radiating through his entire body is a testament to that. Though, truthfully, he cannot bring himself to care. 


For a moment – a shining slew of minute, gold-tinged memories – he’d been himself again. Or as close to it as he’s ever gotten. Just once, the entire world had been on his side.


Then, he’d seen Edmund pull Aures close and the two of them glided along with more grace than he’s ever seen his sister display before. Out-dancing the pain had stopped being an option. It’d lurched through him like a riptide, pulling Aidan into its clutches with no intention of letting go. 


Lilliana has been a darling about letting him rest when he needs to, but at that moment the ballroom had become stifling – too bright, too hot, too crowded. Running was the only salvation his misery-addled brain could fathom. So, he had. 


Chapter 20: He will make you happy; but you will make him everything.