Twins, Dylan and Evan, live life in silence and fear. They know the sound of safe feet over dangerous ones, the consequence of being heard when they should be silent and the pain of failing to be anything but good boys. Years of trying and failing have broken Evan in ways Dylan can't heal. Dylan is trying his best to protect his best and only friend as much as he can but he is powerless against the rules. Then one day someone looks beyond the basement door, a place no one enters but them. Will they be brave enough to take hold of the hands reaching out in the darkened silence that surrounds them? If they do will they be rewarded with safety or more pain? Only time will tell and when an injured Dylan needs Evan to make the right decision for them, can he do it? Can he save them both or will he lead them into more pain than they've ever known before?

16 year old Chasity Armando lives a totally different life than her peers. She lives at home with an abusive mother and stepfather, being treated as a slave. While also taking care of her son. Although she has trouble at home, in school she's an excellent student. She makes sure to study hard and keep her grades up. She prays for a well paying career to give her son the life she never had. But that better life was coming sooner than expected. Her mother and stepfather tragically pass away . She's left by herself with her son. But little does she know she's about to meet her biological dad and her 6 brothers. Started: August 20th, 2023 Ended:

Amalia Romano is a selective mute. After years of enduring abuse from her step father, who has ridiculed and hurt her mercilessly, she doesn't want to talk, for fear of what might happen if someone doesn't like what she says. But then her step father--who's care she has been in for two years, ever since her mum died--passes away, and her father, who she was taken away from when she was three, agrees to take her in. But she isn't the smiley little girl she used to be. And the Romano men have secrets of their own, ones they want to keep their twelve year old princess away from. 1M VIEWS: Sunday, 12th March 2023 COVER BY: @sugarhighstoned

Audrey Briggs has never felt like she belonged. Living under the roof of cold-hearted step-parents who treat her like a burden, she's spent her life walking on eggshells, quiet, obedient, and dreaming of escape. When an envelope arrives with her name on it, everything changes. She's been accepted into the prestigious Valemont Royal Academy, a school known for transforming students into society's elite. But Valemont isn't just uniforms and courtly manners. From the moment Audrey steps onto campus, she keeps crossing paths, literally, with two boys who are strangely kind, fiercely protective, and inexplicably drawn to her. They don't know each other well, yet something about their bond feels... unbreakable. What Audrey doesn't know is that she's not alone in the world. She's not even a Briggs. She's Audrey Valestri and she has six brothers, two of whom live among her classmates, and four who operate in the shadows of power and crime. When the past catches up and secrets unravel, Audrey is forced to choose between the life she's always known and the family she never knew she had.

A once happy family, now drifting apart. People who hate him with a burning passion but love his twin. Just what happened to make them drift apart and why do they hate him? Aren't they supposed to love each other? Aren't they supposed to be family? Join Leonardo on his journey of abuse and suffering at the hands of his own family, who despise him with every fibre of their being. What happens when they cross a line? Will they be able to fix what has been broken? Disclaimer, I personally think there's a lot of cringe moments here, including dialogue and minor plot holes. Will edit at some point... Enjoy TT

Elara has spent her entire life hiding in the quiet spaces between shadows. When she and her brother Caleb are sent to live with half-siblings they barely know, they must relearn what family truly means. Together, they find strength in silence, healing in unspoken bonds, and hope in the softest colours of quiet.

Amara Moretti returns to her brothers eleven years later-damaged, guarded, and hiding more than anyone suspects. As buried truths begin to surface, alliances are tested and blood ties blur. In a world where loyalty is survival and secrets can kill, Amara must decide: trust the family she barely remembers-or expose the darkness hidden under their watch.

When Amalie and Evelyn move in with the fiercely protective Castellani brothers, they find themselves in a home full of strangers and secrets. Rebuilding trust after years apart won't be easy, especially when not everything in the Castellani house is what it seems. As the twins begin to learn the difference between survival and safety, they discover that some shadows are harder to outrun than others.

Eleven-year-old Annelise Beaumont is learning to navigate school, family, and the fragile spaces of her own mind. As past traumas resurface and new challenges arise, she must find a way to hold herself together while the walls around her start to shift. (Sequel to Rooms Without Locks)

At twelve years old, Emmy believes rules are the only thing that keep her alive. She believes her name is Emily-a girl who learned to be quiet, obedient, and perfect in order to survive. Every mistake feels dangerous. Every rule feels necessary. But when Lucian Valmont takes custody of her, Emily becomes Emmaline, and she is placed into a world nothing like the one she escaped. The Valmont household is powerful, disciplined, and unforgiving, ruled by stern authority and shaped by seven men who do not want her there. But as tensions rise within the family, it becomes clear that Emmy's quiet presence is changing them-whether they want it to or not. And when she is nearly lost, the Valmont brothers are forced to face the truth they've been avoiding. Emmy was never the weakest among them. She was the one holding them together