𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧. Her ambition runs too thick and her patience stretches too thin. She disappears when the pressure builds, returns polished and untouchable, like she wasn't just clawing for air in the dark. She was only supposed to steal a few files-files she knows too well. Just enough to secure her place at the top. Instead, she captures the attention of a man who built his empire from ruin. A man who doesn't forgive betrayal. He wants control. He wants obsession. He wants to ruin her. And she might just ruin him right back.

ENEMIES WITH BENEFITS WHO GET SHOVED INTO A ARRANGED MARRIAGE BOOK ........... They don't kiss. They clash. They were born into violence and raised to be monsters. He kills on command, leaves bodies as warnings, and smiles while doing it. She's just as lethal-sharp blades, sharper words, and a temper that's ended men twice her size. Their families are sworn enemies, their blood feud written in gunfire and graves. Their affair was never tender. It was teeth and nails. Knives pressed to throats. It was rage-fueled sex that felt like war-hands around throats, promises whispered like threats, pleasure taken out of spite. Then their parents catch them. Instead of punishment, they're forced into a marriage meant to stop the bloodshed. A contract signed in blood. A wedding guarded by armed men. Now they're bound together, wearing rings like restraints. Their fights turn violent. Their nights turn feral. Hate bleeds into obsession, and obsession into something far more dangerous. They're trapped in a gilded cage, sharing a bed they swore they'd never sleep in willingly, playing devoted spouses while plotting each other's destruction. Marriage turns their private war into a public contract. A shared bed becomes a battleground. Arguments end with hands slammed against walls, steel glinting between them, promises whispered like threats. Every touch dares the other to flinch. Every moment alone feels like it could end in blood-or something far worse. Every argument ends with threats. Every touch feels like a challenge. Every night is a battle neither can afford to lose. Because in the mafia, marriage is a weapon-and when hate tastes this good, love might be the deadliest sin of all. .............. "They call it peace. I call it a prettier kind of war."

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. In New York City, the federal government is just a front. The streets are truly governed by two invisible forces. To the world, Adrianna is just the naive, beautiful daughter of a mafia boss. In reality, she is the lethal mastermind pulling the strings of the Spanish family's empire. Nikolai was a boy who wanted to save lives-until revenge turned him into a ruthless assassin who secretly pulls the strings of the city's police. When their paths collide on a deadly mission, the underworld and the law go to war. They think they are hunting each other-but they have no idea they are about to face their equal. 𝙃𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩? ♤ This story contains explicit sexual content and dark themes. Please read the trigger warnings before proceeding. started 01/01/23 rewritten and republished 22/07/26

READ DISCLAIMERS!! 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰. . . . . . . . . . Every story has a hero. Every story has a villain. And every so often, a story comes along where neither side deserves to win. They call it balance when good battles evil. But what do they call it when evil meets something even worse? 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡. She's beauty sharpened into a weapon, intelligence laced with vengeance. He's the nightmare lurking beneath tailored suits and practiced smiles-a monster dressed as a gentleman. Neither of them dreams of ruling the world. They'd much rather watch it burn. Power is simply the match. And when a common enemy forces them to stand on the same side, a fragile truce is forged. Promises are written in blood. Loyalties become negotiable. Enemies become allies. At least for a while. Because devils were never meant to work together. Trusting a monster doesn't earn you mercy. It only guarantees you'll be close enough to witness the destruction. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭. And together, they are the beginning of the end. Welcome to the story of the devil and his fixation. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲. Anarchic- Where chaos no longer feels the weight of the world Highest rankings ➤Hacking-#2

She went to apply for a visa. Instead, she found a husband. Not a name she recognized. Not a face she'd ever loved. But one signature... one binding record... and suddenly, her life was no longer hers alone. According to the system, she was already married. To a man in Romania. A man she had never met. A man she definitely did not marry. What should have been a simple correction turns into a demand: Find him. Fix it. Divorce him. Clean. Quick. Forgotten. But nothing about him is clean. Because when she finally steps into his world, expecting confusion, denial, maybe even cooperation... she finds something far more dangerous. He **refuses**. Not out of anger. Not out of misunderstanding. But principle. Because to him, marriage is not paperwork. It is ownership. It is loyalty. It is blood. And now that she has stepped into his territory, into his name, into his life... He has no intention of letting her walk away. Not when her existence raises questions. Not when her presence feels... right. Not when something about this "mistake" feels far too deliberate. In a world ruled by power, secrets, and quiet violence, she is no longer just a stranger. She is his wife. And whether this marriage was an accident... or a carefully crafted trap- She's about to learn that some vows are written in ink. And enforced in blood. ---

Xavier Petrov I came here for my younger brother, Louis, so he can live out his dreams and know I'm always behind him to protect him. We had to transfer universities from California because someone figured out who we were, that there were Petrovs in California and now here we are. In some small town in Vermont and in it, the past two years here have been good. Silent. This is my last year of this academic bullshit before I can finally go back to Italy, begin working alongside Alessio and fight for the three mafia alliance. I expected the months to go by fast. I planned to stay completely focused on my own world, boxing at an underground ring to bring money in and keep my friend's gym afloat. But what I didn't fucking expect was her. And god, she runs so pretty, like her name. A river flowing and running a continuous stream...Until you throw a rock in and fuck up the entire stream. Im coming for you River and there is nowhere you can run where I won't find you... River Hayes I've lived in this fucked up town my entire life. I'm barely surviving to get through my last year of this absolute hell. Every single day is a battle to keep my head above water, living under a roof where peace doesn't exist. My dad is an alcoholic with heavy fists and a temper that goes off like a landmine and my mother is a broken woman who was driven to drugs after seeing how miserably her life had failed her. I can't end up like them. I won't let myself. That's why I do what I do. That's why I've spent the last three years of my life selling my body at a gentlemen's club in town, a place where only the elite travel to such a little town to watch strippers dance and throw money at them. It's humiliating. No one from school even knows what I do and still I feel disgusting, I feel worthless, like nothing of mine is even mine anymore. But I'll keep doing it because I have no other choice, I need to get out of here and this degree is my one way ticket out. Or at least, thats what i thought...

Four years ago, Juliette Bennett walked away from Mason Brooks, the golden boy of college hockey and the only person she ever truly let in, and never looked back. She rebuilt her life in silence, burying heartbreak under long nights, hospital shifts, and the one secret she swore would never see the light again: her daughter, Maisey. Mason Brooks has spent years becoming everything he was supposed to be, star forward, team leader, the future of professional hockey, without knowing the biggest piece of his life was already missing. When fate drags Juliette back into his world, the past doesn't stay buried for long. Old sparks don't just flicker, they ignite. And the truth doesn't just hurt... it changes everything. Now there's a four-year-old girl with Mason's eyes, a love that never really died, and a history built on a misunderstanding neither of them knew they were living in. Juliette wants to protect the life she fought so hard to build. Mason refuses to walk away from the one thing he never knew he had. And when a daughter becomes the center of everything between them, one question remains- Do you forgive the past... or does it destroy the future you never got to live?

"ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ɴᴇᴀʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ɪʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴍɪꜱᴇʀʏ." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucian Black, a self-made billionaire, was cast out by his powerful family at sixteen. Cold, scarred, and ruthless, he built an empire from nothing-now owning half the city, including the company his family once controlled. To him, love is weakness... until her. Isadora Vale, polished and perfect on the outside, grew up in a world of wealth but never love. Behind her bright smile lies years of neglect and impossible expectations. Determined to prove herself, she built her own career, desperate to escape the hollow life her family designed. Two broken souls, raised in loveless homes, collide. He hides behind power. She hides behind light. But what happens when their walls start to crack?

There is only one thing that is more dangerous than a man... A woman who's got enough. Better watch out who you fuck with.

𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐀 - Intricate and witty, her life has twisted upside down after her father's past scarred his family. At the young age of twenty, Violet is informed that eight years ago, she was promised to marry a Mafia Don's son by her father, in exchange for ten million dollars. 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐃 '𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎 - A name that lingers of blood and lust, was also a ruthless killer and the new Don of the Italian Mafia. In order to have no distractions, his father has forced him to marry the daughter of a millionaire law firm owner. What happens when two fiery personalities collide? Will they be able to avoid the instant attraction that they feel? Or will they give into each other? Breaking the one and only rule of the marriage that they both so desperately despised; no sexual interactions. ______ #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 #𝟎𝟏 - 𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ______ 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 - to all of those who long to be someone's first choice, this one's for you.