- Slow Chapter Updates - His grip tightened-a little purple bruise beginning to form, my arms starting numb up. I wince and yet he doesn't let go. "You should wear what I choose...." He adds before letting my arm go. Finally. I wince again, staring at him. ---- Found. Arranged. Now she must navigate her old life with her newly found mafia brothers and her new husband, whom she got a silent treatment after their marriage. Will he finally melt? Or will his heart stay frozen? When her brothers finally found her, they were overjoyed to shower her with love and protection... but not for long. Luciano De Franco, the powerful crime boss wants her. She is no normal girl. She's a Moretti. Eliza Moretti is just as ruthless as her father. But can she prove it?

A win. A party to celebrate and too many drinks. And a crash-that changed everyone's lives, including the hockey captain Garret King. His friend, a fellow hockey member crashes the car, resulting in King calling 911, connecting right to their savior, a girl who's heard too many on the other side of the line. Even prank calls. But this call... is not a prank. Two years later, they crossed paths again except she changed her career. Except her career is not a career but a legacy she had to carry-she is a Moreno. And they don't quit. Blair Moreno has no clue when she, her sister (older sister) and her father go to a hockey game that Garrett's friend is the one she saved.

||𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐓|| They were bound before they ever had a choice. Melanie was raised to obey, to smile when it hurt, to bend without breaking. Nikolai was bred for control, molded into something cold and ruthless. Their marriage was never meant to be about love-only power, legacy, and the silent war waged between their families. But somewhere between the fights and the forced smiles, between the bruises on their souls and the whispered truths in the dark, they found each other. He saw her. She understood him. And when the world tried to keep them in their place, he came for her. And she? She let him. Because love in the shadows wasn't soft. It was jagged, desperate, and willing to burn everything down to be free. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝, "𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞" 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬.. _________________________________________

"The Mob Boss and His Stepsister" At the ripe age of eighteen, Orabrlla is thrown into the dark world of gangsters, guns, and lust when her mother marries one of the richest men in the country. The moment she runs into her stepbrother, Vincenzo Rossi, everything changes. And his infatuation never eases... His one goal: make her his. (previously known as "Stepbrother" with over 34 million reads - now renamed to fit wattpad's guidelines)

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. ✞ ✞ ✞ He wanted to use her. She was the mastermind who planned for that all along. ✞ ✞ ✞ Power. Power built them. Power is what will destroy them. From sworn enemies to reluctant allies, there is nothing 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯 wouldn't do, nobody she wouldn't use to reach what her mind has been fixated on for years. Revenge. She's inhumane. Emotionless. Messed up in the head-a diagnosed ASPD mind turned into something precise, something dangerous. A machine. The underworld doesn't call her by name. They call her the flame behind the ghost don. The living requiem. Nyx. And when something like her sets her sights on a target? She takes. Uses. Burns everything necessary to get what she wants. And 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 became exactly that. There's nothing the Camorra king hates more than her-the ghost, the flame, the thorn in his side he's been chasing for years. The assassin behind the Russian don he wants nothing more than to take down. The one thing standing between him and full control over New York City. Blaze is forced to do the one thing he would rather die than do: Ally with the enemy. It was supposed to be simple. Temporary. Strategic. But temptation has always been a dangerous game, and Vera has never been the kind to walk away from a game. Especially one she knows she'll win. Because she's always ten steps ahead. She doesn't lose. She calculates. Plans. Decides. And this time, she chose to play.

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐬 Loyalty. It's a simple philosophy of virtue, worn thin by the world. In his hands, it is sacred- A creed carved in blood and obedience. A faith sharpened by order, tempered in the fire of command. Trust is demanded- forged beneath the weight of discipline, Bound by the concept of duty. But in hers, those words are fables- Tales spun by desperate men to keep obedience alive. Loyalty's a language of the desperate- spoken loudest by those too afraid to stand alone. Trust is a fool's game for those who've never bled. And right is wrong, wrong the only right in the chaos she was made for. They were born to opposite sides of the same war- two souls carved from a single wound, destined to bleed for different flags. They were meant to ruin each other quietly. Ruin. Ruin. Ruin and call it mercy. Call it duty. Never to find warmth in the ashes they made. Never to seek solace in what was made to destroy, what was meant to bring death. But fate... fate has never cared for intention- It placed his oath at the mercy of the woman he was trained to destroy, Placed her wrath in the hands of the only man who could ruin it. Steal her fury. Quiet her rage. Unravel the reason she drew breath. And he truly meant to do it- Every bit of it. Meant to ruin, To steal, To quiet, Unravel. He meant to bring justice, Bring justice and strike down a woman born of vengeance until fate intervened once more- Until, somewhere between the hunt and the havoc, he forgot to destroy and learned to worship instead. But worship's not enough to blunt her truth- hungry dogs are never loyal- not even to the palm they once adored. And even the devout, in the end, turn on their gods. 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏...

"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞.." ──────── Flávia Guimarães enters the military 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭. Her brother is dead, and every lead points to one place: a sealed, all-male military training camp in Brasília-where secrets are buried under discipline and silence is enforced by rank. Breaking her way inside as the only woman among hardened recruits, Flávia endures brutal training, open hostility, and relentless torment. She wasn't meant to survive this place. But survival isn't her goal. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬. Commanding the camp is Gustavo Medeiros-cold, feared, and forged by legacy and war. He doesn't want her there, and he makes that clear by pushing her harder than anyone else, stripping her down to pain, endurance, and will. What begins as punishment turns into something far more dangerous: respect, fascination, and a growing tension neither of them can afford. As Flávia digs deeper into her brother's murder, bonds form in unexpected places, and lines blur between duty and desire. But when the truth finally surfaces, it shatters everything. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥. And in a world ruled by obedience and bloodshed, Flávia must decide what justice truly means- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫.

♱ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃'𝐲𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 ♱ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ She's chaos. He's lethal control. She's devious. He's sadistic. She loves to manipulate. He loves to destroy. They strive to be feared by others. They're not opposites. They're the same. They both want control and power. He's a weapon. So is she. Both trained and dangerous. They're relentless soldiers, raised to kill. Bound by blood and expectation. 𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬 is aggressive and violent. 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯 is vicious and untouchable. He's patient and calm... everything she is not. Her behavior will be her end. Makis is about to face the consequences of the mayhem her father created years ago at the hands of a determined Ivanov. But when lines between hunter and prey begin to blur... will Nikolai follow through with taking Ondrea's life or lose control instead? Because in a world where hesitation means death... feeling anything at all could destroy them both. ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ "𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭... 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨..." ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ ¡!Check list of content warnings inside!¡ Book cover is from Pinterest<3