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

When a week and a half goes by without any sign of either Aidan or Mathilde, Edmund figures it’s time he takes matters into his own hands. He’d have done it sooner, but every time he’s attempted movement without Aures’ strict supervision, he’s gotten an earful from the aforementioned and she’s banned him visitors. 


Today’s visitor, however, creeps in after Aures and Lilliana have left for work. Good thing, too, because no one is more terrified of Aures than Olivier. It’s actually quite comical.


“I don’t know why, but she just gives me this impression that she’d gladly murder me if the situation was ideal, and she’s only a doctor because that is a socially acceptable form of physical torture,” he expresses to Edmund, helping him sit up enough to enjoy a cup of tea.


“Oh, she’s not so bad. Knows her way around a blade, that’s for sure, but I don’t think violence interests her much.” Edmund leans comfortably back into his pillows and accepts the warm cup.


Chapter 42: A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.