How do you forgive the man who walked away from your child? When Oscar winner Ana Ruis and Max Verstappen's lifelong romance ended, Ana took their newborn daughter and retreated to a quiet life in Breda. Max took a new, spotlight hungry girlfriend and seamlessly stepped into the role of father for her little girl-completely ignoring the daughter who shares his exact face. Until one night changes everything. A chance encounter brings Max face-to-face with the woman he used to love and the reality of the child he left behind. The guilt is immediate, the desire to fix it is overwhelming. But Ana isn't about to hand over her daughter to a man who already abandoned them once. Max is fighting for a World Championship on the track, but off the track, he's going to war for the daughter he never knew he needed.

In Formula 1, everything is measured-lap times, margins, championships, legacies. For Max Verstappen and Evelyn Williams, the one thing never meant to be measured was what existed between them. They have been teammates, rivals, and best friends long before the world knew their names. Raised in the same paddocks, shaped by pressure and expectation, they understand each other in ways no one else ever could. Evelyn is chaos and defiance, loud where Max is controlled, reckless where he is precise. Max is discipline and restraint, steady where Evelyn pushes too far. Together, they balance on a knife's edge between comfort and destruction. To the public, they are Red Bull's most dangerous pairing: the reigning champion and the team's problem child. To each other, they are home. As the season unfolds, lines begin to blur. Late nights turn softer. Arguments linger too long. Touches last a second more than they should. What was once effortless-friendship, loyalty, trust-starts to feel heavier, charged with something neither of them has ever allowed themselves to want. Max has built his life on control. Evelyn has built hers on refusal to be owned. Falling in love threatens everything they've worked to protect: their careers, their partnership, and the one relationship neither of them can afford to lose. But in a world where winning has always come first, they are forced to confront a dangerous truth-some victories are worth more than championships, and some risks are impossible to ignore. From teammates to friends to something far more complicated, this is the story of two people who learned how to survive-then had to learn how to choose each other.

~~ Disclaimer ~~ I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES OR ORIGINALS I ONLY OWN MY CHARACTER AND VARIOUS OTHER CHARACTERS I CREATE ALL CREDIT GOES TO JUILE PLEK, KEVIN WILLIAMSON AND L.J SMITH ~~ RECENTLY EDITED AND REVISED* Back in 1865 before Stefan met Niklaus and Rebekah another Salvatore had a run in with them, sister to Damon and Stefan, Alexandra Salvatore. After nearly 100 years of traveling with Klaus and his siblings Alexandra left to hide from his father Mikael, who would stop at nothing to destroy Klaus, feeling betrayed by the only girl who truly knew the softer side to him who, Klaus swears he will kill her if she ever shows her face near him again. So what happens when they meet again in Mystic Falls, will he kill her like he promised or will their love once again prove how much she means to him. ~~ 100k on the 09/06/16 ~~ ~~ 200k on the 01/12/16 ~~ ~~ 300k on the 03/06/17 ~~ ~~ 400k on the 08/12/17 ~~ ~~ 600k on the 23/12/18 ~~ ~~ 700k on the 24/05/19 ~~ ~~ 800k on the 09/10/19 ~~ ~~ 900k on the 19/04/20 ~~ ~~ 1 Mil on the 23/10/20 ~~

Metanoia - A journey of changing one's heart, mind, or way of life. Emalyn Gilbert never knew what her purpose was, all she knew was that someday she would find it. A journey full of doppelgangers, vampires, witches, and death was not what she had in mind. Oh well, what're you going to do?

At eighteen, Formula One's rising star Max Verstappen is handed a secret that could destroy everything he's built-a newborn daughter he never knew existed. Thrust into fatherhood overnight, Max must learn to care for tiny Alana in complete silence, hiding her from the relentless eyes of the world while juggling the pressures of elite racing. Between midnight feedings, devastating fear, and quiet, tender moments that change him forever, Max discovers that the greatest race of his life isn't on the track-but in the choices he makes as a father.