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

He’d at least indulged himself in leaving a kiss on Aidan’s cheek for luck for the evening’s performance before making his way back to the Wynne residence. Edmund hadn’t mentioned Mathilde because he’d honestly had no idea how to go about recounting the current state of things.


“Henri!” she’d greeted him jovially at the hospital, using his alias despite both of them knowing the ruse is over.


He’d gone to pull her into a customary embrace, but she’d halted him, muttering something about decorum and glancing about nervously for whomever fictitious authority figure might elect to attempt scolding them. Understanding the situation to be awkward all around, he’d played into her need for distance and had merely requested they go someplace quiet to talk.


Before he’d even so much as finished his sentence, however, she’d begun speaking again, as though she hadn’t heard him at all, although he had spoken quite clearly.


Chapter 43: There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.