XoStoryQueen
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"She came back alive... but not untouched."
Thirteen years ago, Ellise Hawthorne vanished without a trace. Now she's back-no longer the girl they lost, but someone quiet, guarded, and shaped by years of silence. Passed from one foster home to another, she endured abuse where she was meant to be safe, learning to survive in the shadows instead of being protected.
Thrown into the powerful Hawthorne family-a feared mafia dynasty-Ellise is offered love, safety, and a life she never had. But she remembers everything... every bruise, every lie, every betrayal.
And someone is still watching...
waiting to make sure the truth never leaves her lips.
As her family digs into the mystery of her disappearance,
Ellise must face enemies, secrets, and the shadows inside her own mind.
Because the truth doesn't heal-
-it breaks. It burns. It destroys.
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*TW: Some themes in this story may be distressing for some*
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