In Hell's Kitchen, nothing soft survives for long - except Lily Rose Carcaterra. Eighteen, angel-faced, ribbon-haired, carrying more bruises on the inside than anyone bothers to notice. She's the neighborhood sweetheart with hidden scars, the good girl who moves like a prayer and bleeds like a secret. And then there's Bobby Carillo. Forty-nine. Steady hands, tired eyes, a protector carved from guilt and devotion. A man who's been a father-figure to her brother for years... and the one person Lily should never look at the way she does. One glance becomes a tremor. One moment becomes a sin. One touch could ruin everything. In a neighborhood built on violence, faith, and loyalty, Lily and Bobby find themselves pulled toward each other with a gravity neither of them can outrun - soft yearning wrapped in danger, guilt wrapped in desire. He's the man who saves everyone but himself. She's the girl who feels too much and says too little. And falling for each other? That's the kind of forbidden that could break the world they live in. A story about softness in hard places, love in the wrong places, and two souls who should've never crossed but can't stop orbiting. A forbidden romance. A slow burn soaked in guilt, tenderness, and danger. And a love that feels more like fate than choice.

📌𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘦́ 𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘤̧𝘢̃𝘰 𝘥𝘢 𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢, 𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘰 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘌𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰́𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘶, 𝘯𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰-𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢-𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦 1996. ✐. . . ✎. . . ✐. . . Nos becos de Hell's Kitchen, Lya Gomez cresceu ao lado de quatro garotos - Michael, John, Tommy e Shakes. Acreditavam que nada poderia abalar a amizade que os unia, até que uma travessura de verão terminou em tragédia. "𝙐𝙢 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖̃𝙤. 𝙐𝙢 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤. 𝙐𝙢𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙖̂𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙖." Os meninos foram enviados a Wilkinson, onde conheceram o rosto mais cruel da violência. Lya ficou do lado de fora, mas carregou para sempre a culpa e a ausência deles - sem saber que o sangue de seu próprio pai escondia o pior dos segredos. Anos depois, quando o passado volta a bater à porta, Lya descobre que o pior dos monstros sempre esteve dentro de casa. Porque ninguém escapou de verdade. E quando o passado volta à tona, o inferno não é mais um lugar. É uma lembrança que nunca morre.

"So what are you in for" "attempted murder. you?" "reckless endangerment. and you don't look like you could kill anyone" "You don't know the first thing about me carcaterra" "then tell me about you" when 4 friends are sent to the Wilkinsons Home for kids and teens they get abused by 4 guards. but while they're there 1 of the boys ends up falling for a girl he knows absolutely nothing about. it's easy for him to read people but with this girl he wasn't able to figure anything out. I am currently re-writing some of the chapters to make it better so if you see any change from the last time you read it then that's why lol. WARNINGS: abuse, assault, smoking, underage drinking, death, teen pregnancy, abortion.

66s| ¿Una chica dentro de un grupo de cuatro chicos? Eso en Hell's Kitchen significa: una total zorra. Sarah nunca tuvo buena fama, con tal sólo catorce años aparecía en las noticias participando en marchas feministas, no se quedaba callada a la hora de defenderse, y sus padres eran simples trabajadores de un restaurante. Sarah es el nombre que su madre decidió ponerle al encontrar el significado en una barata revista de bebés. "Princesa" ese era su significado. Sus padres la amaban y trataban como una. Pero lamentablemente... su final no fue un cuento de hadas. Si tan sólo hubieran pagado esa maldita salchicha, si tan sólo se hubieran arrepentido de robar ese carrito... Entonces quizás su infancia no hubiera sido así de horrible.