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Isabella Swan, an up and coming graphic artist, lived in the heart of the Gold Coast in Chicago. She was comfortable in her brownstone, left to her by her grandmother.

Edward Cullen, a lieutenant in the Chicago Fire Department and the head of the rescue squad in Department Eighteen. He risks his life on a daily basis, putting out fires and saving strangers from burning buildings and mangled vehicles.

She was an innocent…someone caught in the cross hairs of their obsession with fire.

He was a hero…a man desperate to save the woman who was in danger from a serial arsonist. 

Little did they know, this monster was going to be the catalyst to start their fire, their fire of passion. 

They were Caught in the Flames

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To see the world; the damage, the truth, the pain, the beauty, you have to open your eyes. To be able to help others and be a better person, you have to open your eyes.

Edward Cullen is a famous movie star as is his girlfriend Tanya, the mother of his child. Their son is a week old and can't seem to keep any formula down. Annoyed by the crying and finding motherhood tedious, Tanya takes off for the spa and a commercial shoot leaving Edward alone with their newborn. 

After trying nearly every formula on the market, Esme, Edward's sister suggests breast milk. It seems like a long shot, but when Bella Swan answers the unusual ad, Edward thinks all of his problems are solved. His son is doing well, but he has a new problem, an undeniable attraction for the woman who saved his son's life. 

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While Klaus is preoccupied with his budding relationship with a newly transformed Bella, Elijah has stepped up to the plate and taken over most of Klaus' responsibilities within New Orleans, all while also playing peacemaker between the two volatile personalities.

With his focus split, things begin to fall through the cracks as more and more humans are found throughout the city in transition between lives. As Elijah begins to close the holes in Dave's vague retelling of the plan belonging to the mystery mastermind, and Niklaus all but useless, he is forced to use other means to protect what matters most.

But, when a pair of confused and terrified hazel eyes paralyze his actions, how will Elijah react when nobility fails and action is all he has?

Sequel to Protecting Destiny. Part 2 of the Design Short Series. OOC, OC, NC, AU, Elijah/OC. Klaus/Bella. Rated for Language, adult content, and kisses of violent Gore.    

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.