Previously called Older Brothers Part 1 Completed (Alternate version) part 2 Completed "T-trust me?" "Always." It was the promise that they were never going to break. They were seven like sins. Devious, Sly, deceptive and sharp-witted. They ruled the world of evil with no hint of mercy inside their cold hearts. A simple, timid and an unsophisticated girl who liked being on sidelines. Her little world was built on the base of lies. Until one dreadful night came, and her small world came crumbling down on the ground. Her heart was broken into pieces by pieces as she was forcefully taken into a new world that she wasn't familiar with. Will she survive or lose this battle of melting their cold hearts?

Seventeen-year-old Aria has a good life - a loving mom, a stepdad she adores, and a group of friends who make every day feel alive. Between school chaos, laughter, and late-night talks, Berlin feels like home. But everything changes the day two new boys transfer to her school. Their stares linger too long. Their questions feel too personal. And when one of them calls her by a name she doesn't recognize - a name she hasn't heard before - her world begins to fracture. What Aria doesn't know is that she isn't who she thinks she is. She was taken when she was two years old - torn from a family bound by loyalty, danger, and blood. Now her past has finally found her. As secrets unravel and shadows from the underworld close in, Aria is forced to question everything - her family, her identity, and the price of the truth waiting for her in the dark.

Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]

Valentina struggles to keep her life together after giving birth to her son, and the baby's father is nowhere to be seen. Vincenzo 'Enzo' as they call him, is a ruthless mafia leader, but he feels like he is missing something. Someone. One fateful night, Valentina gets caught up hiding inside a store, as there is a robbery going on, and Vincenzo just happens to see her running out of the back door. Will Valentina trust him, or will she keep her walls built high?