❝Who we are and who we are to survive are two very different things.❞ Adeline Esmeralda Hale-Kingston is a 16-year-old girl with a rough past. Overcoming the things that life threw at her, she made her own name. Adeline, now known as Esme Hale is the youngest fashion influencer and the youngest multi-millionaire in the world. She is also the youngest and one of the best assassins in the underworld. Esme has been through hell and back. When her life finally starts getting better, life throws another problem for her, the person who was her rock is gone... dead. What does she do? She survives because that's the only thing she knows how to do. After the tragedy, Esme decides to go back to the orphanage, to get away and heal. Little does she knows, she is adopted by the last person she thought would adopt her. Now she has to go back and live with her 6 brothers who she so desperately tried to forget. Will her brothers be able to break down her walls and heal her? Will she heal her brothers who were lost without her? Will their secrets bring them closer or further apart? Because they are just not the same. 🚨WARNING: violence, swearing, killing, abuse, flashbacks/ thought of suicide and self-harm, rape.🚨 Cover by @devilsbean Highest ranking #3 in teen fiction (24/2/21) #1 in brother #12 in family #1 in Americanmafia #2 in assassin #1 in twins #1 in twin #1 in familysecrets #6 in littlesister

In the future, everyone who's bitten by a zombie turns into one... until Diane doesn't. Seven days later, she's facing consequences she never imagined. * * * * * As civilization collapses under a relentless wave of zombies, Diane and her friends take shelter in a military base. However, while she's rescuing another survivor, Diane gets bitten by one of the monsters. She hides it and runs away, knowing she only has days left to live. But she soon discovers she isn't turning into a zombie - she's turning into something else. --------- Excerpt: I looked up and stared. My reflection looked back at me in the mirror of the dark room. My eyes were literally glowing, there was no mistaking it. It was not a reflection of light, or any of the other excuses I had used or others had assumed. They were glowing a light sapphire blue color. It was not a bright glow, but it was definitely a glow. Glowing eyes were not normal. Okay, at this point I had to admit it, I was no longer normal. What was I then? For that, I had no answer [[Word count: 495,000]] Copyright August 2016. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *zombie rules* as long as credit is given. Cover was lovingly made by JimenaVivancoo.