Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

𝖮𝖴𝖱 𝖫𝖮𝖵𝖤 𝖲𝖤𝖱𝖨𝖤𝖲 #2 She was addicted to a type of sadness that pulled her deeper into her hole. She changed herself because of her hanging past. He avoided the dark parts of his life, doesn't mean the darkness didn't loom over him. ****** Brianna Jackson had a past that changed her for the future. She got addicted to pain, she changed herself, she swore to never go back. Her only mistake was not realizing sooner that the unfaithful night revealed alot about her. Isaac Carter didn't seek for pain, he didn't seek for darkness. He avoided those parts in his life. In light of his life was a girl who was dancing on his nerves. He hated that Brianna changed herself and could see right through her. Follow these two individuals as they venture together on the path of strong love and deceitful hatred. Isaac hates that he cares and loves. Brianna loves to hate and spite him. Love was a million things and theirs was toxic, dire, and dark. ❥︎❥︎❥︎❥︎❥︎❥︎ "So you have a thing for me?" I teased and she rolled her eyes. "You know better than to let anything I say go to your head." Little does she know that she's already in my head. ❥︎❥︎❥︎❥︎❥︎❥︎ All Rights Reserved 2022Ⓒsyriacax

[01/07/2021] - [13/04/2023] "You can't keep going around like a fucking maniac and treating me like shit. That isn't how relationships work," Sophia's voice was havoc as she verbalized her emotions. "That isn't how we work..." Tired, vulnerable and agitated at not only him, but herself. How could she let herself get this far, in such little time? He looked down, ashamed, not wanting to respond. His heart felt like it was beating faster than it should've. "I forgot how it felt to love you." As soon as those words were uttered from Sophia's lips, his world broke apart. Gone, in just a matter of seconds. - - - When Sophia Adam moves to a new town, she wishes nothing more than a boring, new life, to separate herself from her past. Moving meant completing university and getting a clerkship with a judge. Moving meant making refreshing new friends, and meeting a mysterious guy that seems hell-bent on getting to know her. To Sophia, moving to a new town was everything she imagined and more. She just didn't expect her past to follow.

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.*

❝You're an innocent, pretty flower.. And i'm an uncontrollable outrageous wild-fire..❞ He stated with his husky tone, making me even more intrigued. [Ch. 4] ❝Let everyone hear how i make you feel darlin'..❞ His breath fanned against the soft skin on my neck. [Ch.7] ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 21 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙫. 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨.. **𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟭𝟴 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.** #1 in Adult-content out of 8.8k stories. [11-08-22] #2 in Sexscenes out of 20.5k stories. [11-08-22] #2 in Dominance out of 4.7k stories. [01-09-22] #2 in Daddy out of 35.7k stories. [02-12-22]

BOOK TWO** This can NOT be read as a stand-alone! - Blaze Alvarez lost his woman and son in a matter of minutes, all while he listened to every second of it. On the hunt to find the man who took his family from him, months passed, and overtime people start to change - that is exactly what Blaze did. When Ellie is brought home, though, he realizes that she is a completely different person than when they were last together. New people bring new problems, and neither one of them are ready for who they became during their time apart. With a threat growing closer to them with each day, Ellie and Blaze have to learn fast. But is what their relationship was enough to keep their relationship from crumbling now? WORD COUNT: ** THIS STORY CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT THAT MAY DISTURB READERS UNDER 18. Read at your own risk!

Alessandro Russo The boy who was broken was destined to a fate he never claimed or wanted. He was told in his own life that love is the one thing that can make a man weak and after hearing it so many times, he began to believe it. Alessandro hiding out in a small town. Father is trying to pin crimes on him. If his son takes the wrap then he avoids a big prison sentence because he has a clean record. Alessandro is suppose to take over the business and become head mob boss. His father is teaching him the lifestyle first with petty crimes to prove his loyalty and fearlessness. Elena James The girl who was abandoned her whole life. Her father left her when she was just five years old and her mother stayed becoming an alcoholic and abuser. Physically and Mentally. Elena never wanted to become like her mother so she looked on the brighter side of things. What will happen when these two come cross with each other? "I'll ruin you, amore." "Maybe I want to be ruined."

[BOOK 2] [ONGOING] ❝if you were to describe yourself in one word, what would it be?❞ five years ago she was a quiet, insecure girl. however, five years later she is confident, fierce, and had a multi-billionaire company under her name. they say time changes a person immensely which can be for the good or bad. to her this wasn't change. it was finding her true self and understanding her worth. she found happiness within herself. until one event. five years ago, he had it all. five years later, he is more broken apart from the circumstances that played out. he might of had fame, money, and a mafia business under his name but deep down he was broken. his happiness disappear five years ago that took his heart with her. without her, he's incomplete. he tries to talk to her and she puts him in his place immediately. ❝yours.❞

I started to walk away, but was pushed with my face against the wall. "Obedience. That is what you need." His body was pressed against me, his breath hot in my ear. "Punishment" I could feel the smirk on his lips as he lightly bit my ear; I could hear the strain in his voice, holding back. I heard someone moan and realized it was my traitorous body. ***PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS YOUNG AND HAD NO EXPERIENCE WRITING THIS-THE BEGINNING OF THIS STORY IS QUITE AMUSINGLY SHITTY, PLEASE STICK TO THE END WHERE I EVENTUALLY LEARN A THING OR TWO. THIS BOOK IS UNDERGOING EDITING, BUT IT IS IN A DRAFT SO IT DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR CURRENT READING.***

He was completely and utterly oblivious to everything that he had caused and she absolutely hated him for that. [UNEDITED] [DUAL POV] TW: eating disorder recovery