Forced to return to Italy after a huge argument with her father because of her newly one-year-old. Could Stassia face going back to where it all started? Her mum wants her to go live with her. But, there's one thing stopping her. Him. He caused what keeps her up all night, He caused what makes her watch cartoons every day. The baby that he surprisingly put in her tummy. Baby Aurora. Can she finally tell him after leaving without even a goodbye? Finally when she is faced with him ... will she tell him about his own child or will she leave for good? ───────── ∙ ~εïз~ ∙ ───────── "Stassi." I force myself to look up, his honey brown eyes piercing down at me. This is wrong. So wrong. But the more it is, the more I'm enjoying him. He doesn't know about Aurora, yet, he's here. In front of me. With his lips attached to mine. If Rose finds out...

𝔼𝕝𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕒𝕟 ↳ (𝚊𝚍𝚓.) 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘐𝘔. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦... 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦.... 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦. 𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕪𝕟𝕠𝕡𝕤𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖

Revenge. I'm familiar with it. You have to be when you're the firstborn son of a notorious mafia leader. Death and vengeance have been the very foundations of my life. So who in their fucking mind would be stupid enough to cross me? My brother and I have been wrongfully convicted of a crime we didn't commit. We know who is behind this. We bid our time behind bars, planned and prepared for the day we got out. Now we're free and hungry for redemption. I know what must be done. I know whose blood will be spilled. But before I go after him, I'll go after his daughter. I never said I play fair. *Book one in the Marino Brothers Duet. Rated 18+ due to explicit language, sex, and violence.*

"Everyone has secrets." "Dreams are the subconscious' way of telling people what they truly want." ******* Artemis Mallory had lived fourteen of her eighteen years in the dark as to why her mother left her with her adoptive family and pack. She had gone through life feeling abandoned and lost. On the outside, she was a sarcastic, confident and independent girl. On the inside... She was hiding a dark secret. One that if anyone found out, someone she loved with all her heart would get hurt. ****** Ryder Black had it all. The perfect family, the perfect pack. Ever since he had turned nineteen, he felt like he had been missing something. His mate. The person that would make his life complete. When he met Artemis Mallory, he felt like the luckiest man in the world, but he soon found out that she was hiding something. Something that could potentially devastate any chance of a relationship. He was determined to find out what she was hiding, but was he ready for the consequences of unveiling these secrets? Ryder and Artemis were meant to be together, but would secrets tear them apart before they even had a chance? Will their dreams of a perfect life be enough to keep them together as dark secrets are revealed around every corner?