+++THIS IS MY SAME STORY RECREATED. THE OTHER ONE WAS REMOVED AFTER 200K+ READS+++ (story will be in ongoing editing phase so I can get out new chapters while still trying to recreate this story) Riley Knight has never felt like she belonged anywhere. Her father never wanted her. Her stepfather has always made it clear that she isn't his daughter. And certainly not her five older half-brothers and twin from her father's side, who Riley has spent years believing would rather have nothing to do with her. So she's learned to live without them. For years, she has accepted that this is simply how her life is supposed to be. She doesn't expect anyone to choose her, protect her, or stay - least of all herself, who counts down the days until her 18th-birthday when she can break away from all of this. But as secrets are uncovered and Riley's relationship with her brothers begins to change, 15-year-old Riley is forced to question everything she thought she knew. Maybe Riley doesn't know her family as well as she thinks she does. Maybe she was never as unwanted as she believed. Or maybe the people she thought she could live without are the ones she needed all along.

Angelo Lesca. The young Capo, as they called him. He was powerful in his line of work. He kept some friends, but more girls. He wouldn't admit that his high school sweetheart, the love his life, was the reason of his cold hearted power. But then, a young girl named Mercury shows up at his apartment, during a storm, claiming to need his help. She was the girl at his door.

"𝐎𝐡, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈'𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮." -𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬 ✧⁂✧ 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐆-𝟏𝟑 [𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲]

In the heart of the perfect Qureshi family lies a graveyard of secrets, where smiles veil unspoken sorrows and silence masks secrets. Each member battles their own inner demons, but now, Zeher, driven by an insatiable curiosity, seeks to unravel the threads that bind their fractured souls. Will the truth set them free, or shatter the illusion they've so carefully crafted?

It's been seven days since it happened, and yet she still feels the stars in her heart dissolve in the vault of the heavens, and her sobs being muffled by his claws. - (Extended synopsis in the book) A psychological thriller about the horrors of family secrets and generational trauma. Book first written: 2nd July, 2023.