In which a poor and struggling 19-year-old college student sends an application as an assistant to the most powerful businesswoman in the world. She is wicked. He is gentle. --------------------------------------- Asteria Viotto is a woman who doesn't take no for an answer and is used to getting what she wants. After building her company from the ground up, she won't let anyone get close enough to her to let her empire, that is New York City, burn to ashes. That is until she meets the prettiest ocean eyes she'd ever seen. Silas Gray is a soft-spoken and stuttering man; his delicate features are enough to make any woman fall to his feet, but he's completely oblivious to them. He's strikingly smart but often overlooked by everyone else. Except, when he's thrown into the world of business and power alongside a very pretty woman, does he fall trapped by her smoky silver eyes. . . . . . . "Her silver eyes are my heaven and hell, and I am the saint and the sinner. "

After being away for over seven years, Theo and Malia come back to Beacon Hills. The town seems too normal, almost boring. But when Theo sees the blue-eyed boy at the coffee shop, he changes his mind as he tries to win Liam's heart while battling his own inner issues. Updating every week (hopefully) Also on AO3.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬 ╰┈➤ 𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 wasn't born into the Cullen family. She was found. Raised by Rosalie and Emmett after being left behind in the cold, Hyacinth grew up as the only heartbeat in a house that had none until Bella Swan arrived, and everything in her life began to unravel. Hyacinth was the Cullens' sliver of humanity in their life that was frozen in time. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬? ╭──────────.★..─╮ p. lahote x oc | slowburn! ╰─..★.──────────╯ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── Book 1 | Where the Light Ends - Twilight Started on 5/23/25 Completed on 11/19/25 (unedited) Approx Word Count: 140k ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──────