Bella, returning from Arizona to teach middle school, works the summer for her dad at the police station, there she meets his fellow officers as well as some odd characters around town, and maybe even her soul mate. PaulxBella Maybe more to add later.

She fell down my rabbit hole. Or rather, I pushed... One illusion is all it took and she was mine. One touch is all it took and I was hers. My lullaby is the only one she will hear tonight.

Imprinting, marriage and mating. Duty, choice and need. What do these things have to do with love? In the midst of a failing marriage and strained imprint, Bella is about to find out. It's complicated, when is it ever not? Bella/Sam some Paul. No poly anything.

Layla moves to the sleepy southern town of Bon Temps. As it turns out people around here don't sleep much. She gets caught in the drama, and inexplicably drawn to the Vampire side of things. She seems to have a lot in common with the undead. An Eric/OC & Alcide/Oc.