Sa'Lani Monee Jeffries has always been the thick girl who gets overlooked or played. At 27, she's done with love, focused on stacking her money as a nail tech and minding her business. But when a fine, chocolate, six-foot-three gangsta with a low voice and dangerous reputation starts showing up at her job, all of that changes. Kaizer "Kai" Rashaad Wynn isn't the type of man she ever wanted. He's quiet, mean to everybody but her, and runs the streets with a heavy hand. Yet when he looks at her like she's the only woman in the world, Sa'Lani finds herself letting her guard down piece by piece. What starts as playful flirting turns into late-night phone calls, expensive gifts, and nights that leave her body aching for more. But falling for a man like Kai means stepping into a world of hood politics, jealous exes, and enemies who will use anything-including her-to get to him. When street drama hits too close to home, Sa'Lani is forced to decide if she can love a man who lives by a code that could get him killed... or if loving him will be the very thing that breaks her heart. Because Kai doesn't just want her body-he wants all of her. And when a real gangsta falls in love with a thick girl, he ain't letting go, no matter who has to get out of the way.

We were once a close, like close close family. We had our fights but every night our parents and siblings all would be found sprawled out watching a movie before bedtime. All that changed when Gem was taken. Our family nights didn't matter. Our bonds were slowly slipping away. Each of us have changed. Some growing distant while others became cold and emotionless. We slowly drifted from being close to strangers. All that changed again when mom died. Once she died, everything changed. My emotions became deadly. No one knew when I would blow up. Or if I would smile or laugh. I became distant and the most troubled out of all of us. At times I feel like I was raised more by Ren and Teo than our own father. My angry outburst soon became friends with depression and anxiety. My thoughts never felt like my own. There's moments where I wanted to end my suffering. There's moments where I wanted to survive it all. The moment we got our Gem back was the moment I knew I had to survive. I couldn't let this destroy me. I couldn't let this cause my own family harm like it done me when mother died. I couldn't let myself, well more or less, my thoughts take the cowards way out. Not like my mother. With the ups and the downs. With the reunion with our sister. With everything, I always felt like I was the sibling that was left out of everything. But my thoughts of dying grew stronger with every moment of getting ignored. Yet, my family wanders why I 'act' out. You would too if you felt invisible. Right? I never knew the struggles I would go through just to live. I didn't realize the moments would come back tenfold. I didn't realize how hard it would be to fight and survive the battle. This is my, Lucian Romeo Rossi's, story. This is the story of how I survived. But barely. This is the story where I managed to crawl out of the black abyss and live to tell my story.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 ⚜⚜⚜ The minute she turns around, my eyes lock onto her. Her striking features catch my attention, and I notice the exhaustion in her amber eyes. Then it hits me. She's the girl who tried to escape earlier outside. I've seen her before. Where have I seen her before? I've seen her where-suddenly, realization strikes me. She was the one who served us at the club. "Y-You," my son stares at her in disbelief. "Yeah, I know I'm hot as fuck," she smirks. ⚜⚜⚜ Valentina isn't just a teenager- she's Medusa, a ruthless assassin and the Donna of the American Mafia. Beneath her normal life lies a world of danger, secrets, and a painful past filled with heartbreak and abuse. After her cruel stepfather dies in a fire, the police uncover a link to her father and brother she never knew about. As Valentina moves in with her family, deadly threats and the truth about her mother emerge, forcing her to question everything. Can she trust her family with her secrets? Will they accept her for who she truly is? And what is her mother hiding?

Bad boys: people view them as unfit fathers. Why? Well, their bad boy lifestyle of course. That's where Asher Cain comes in. Throughout his whole high school life, he was that mysterious bad boy player. Drugs, underage drinking, sleeping around.. That's what he got into. And then we have the innocent one: Juliet Harp. Juliet falls for his charm and ends up falling into bed with him too. It wasn't like a high school fling, it was more of a I've-just-got-out-of-a-relationship and I-want-to-have-a-one-night-stand sort of fling. That's essentially what it was, fresh out of high school and fresh out of a relationship. Juliet found herself in bed with Asher and then, a few months down the line, finds herself pregnant with his baby. They weren't ever really friends, just acquaintances. Well, Juliet dies when her daughter, Victoria, was only four. And you'll never guess which doorstep Victoria finds herself at? - Highest ranks in Short Story: #22 (21st December 2018) COVER CREDIT: peakybooo (so amazing, I cri)

"𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬." ╰┈➤ in which two rising idols in a co-ed group find something softer beneath the spotlight. | ALLDAY PROJECT | Tarzzan 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮!𝘰𝘤 | 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 @𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 | 𝘖𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 *cover template credits ~> @eventualruin*

[COMPLETED] It was a sunny day, the weather was perfect for a nice picnic and having fun. It was a day like that when a tragedy struck in the life of a 13-year-old girl named Vivian Peyton. A blazing fire was set to her house which took away her home and her mother. She learns that her father, whose existence she didn't give a thought to, has appeared like an angel to save her from going to the orphanage. But when she gets there, she finds out that she has not one, not two, but 5 brothers! Vivi's life takes a 180 when all secrets are unfolded over the course of many scary but thrilling encounters. Is she going to stay or run away? or become the master of the game.. #1 in reunited 18.6.23 #5 in Mafia 18.6.23 #9 in Olderbrother 17.6.23 #1 in Brothers 19.6.23

❝They had found it-The lost link. It was their final push. Leaving Linkshire in secrecy, they all embarked on their most dangerous mission yet: Rescuing Jaemin from The Dominion.❞ THE SEQUEL TO "GIFTED: NCT DREAM".

"You know, I always thought that this situation would play out differently." I said and their heads snapped up. Their jaws dropped and I gave them a small smile. "Am I hallucinating?" Roman murmured as he stared at me. "If you are hallucinating Isabella, then we have reached new levels of twin telepathy I did not know could be reached." Alex replied. I let out a small chuckle and unlocked the cuffs attached to their hands and they looked at me in disbelief. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Isabella has never fit in with others. She was never the most beautiful girl nor was she the most studious. She was, in a word, boring. Her life seemed plain and she made sure no one knew what was actually going on at home. She made sure that her life at home was hidden no matter how much it broke her. What happens when her family is gone and she comes to know that she is not really who she thinks she is? What happens when she goes to live with her brothers who she did not even know existed? (I'm sorry, I'm horrible at descriptions. Please give this story a chance. There might be mild cursing) #1 in lifechanging on September 21, 2020 #82 in school on October 23, 2020

❝ Stab me, I don't know what's pain anyways. ❞ ⌁ book 1 of the 'diggity' series ⌁ mafia au