Heavy is the head that wears the crown, noble the ill-prepared to turn it down. Bella is no one, a lady's maid at a girl's school until the princess she serves changes her life with a choice she would never make herself. Now she sets off into a world she doesn't know, betrothed to a man who will never know her.

Bella, the Crowned Princess and soon to be Queen of Dwyer is advised to find a husband so that she can secure her line with an heir.  Viscount Edward Masen comes to the capitol among her suitors with less than noble intentions. As he grows to love his wife, he's forced to deal with those who helped plot to get him on the throne.

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What if Edward did not take the dramatic route and wait till noon to step into the sun in Volterra?  What if Alice and Bella were incapable of getting to him in time?  What if he was not the only casualty of bad timing and misread visions?

This story takes us down an alternate path than what we followed in New Moon.  The Cullen’s are no longer whole and Bella is so badly damaged that she may be unreachable as she closes herself off to the pain of the outside world.

Can a new love save her?  Can his voice pull her from the darkness?

This story is rated NC-17 for major angst, suicide and the possibility of far off lemons (who am I kidding?  If you have read any of my stories, you know there will be lemons…but not for a while).

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Edward Cullen is desperate to move out of his apartment with Alice and lands in the only campus housing available, a co-ed apartment with Bella Swan. Both have feelings for the other but are unable to voice them and find themselves in separate relationships. As the friendship grows in spite of deeper feelings trouble brews and Edward finds himself being pushed to his limits while Bella deals with some of her issues. So what can you do when you love your friend...read to find out! Be warned that this story deals with the subject rape and abuse.

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Isabella Swan visits the wrong side of La Push Beach. Jacob and Paul have something lemony to say about it. But when their little three-some games continue, and feelings are caught, what couple is left standing? Rated XXX. My first threesome.

Edward, a well know author, starts working at Bella's bar to help with research for his next project. But as circumstance pushes them together, and feelings grow into something serious, Bella's afraid her past will change the way Edward feels. AU/AH/Canon