Alessandra has never believed in safety. Life never gave her a reason to. Pain carved her childhood, silence became her armor, and trust? That was a luxury she could never afford. So when she runs -- bloody, broken, and barely breathing, she doesn't expect saving. She certainly doesn't expect to be taken in by a family dripping in wealth and power and. . . warmth? A mother who refuses to give up on her. A father who watches like he's waiting for her to let him in. And six brothers. Rough. Protective. Complicated. Brothers, who don't know what to do with a sister who won't speak. She doesn't know how to trust. How to believe that maybe not everyone wants to hurt her. Every instinct tells her to run. To shut down. But they don't let her go. Not when she flinches. Not when she hides. Not even when she breaks. Happiness is for other people, or that's what she believes. But when love comes wrapped in gentle patience and fierce protection, when hands reach for her without demand, when hearts break themselves wide open just to hold her... she starts to wonder. Can a girl stitched together with silence and fear ever belong in a family built on love? Can she stand tall when the ghosts of her past refuse to let go? And when danger claws its way back into her life, threatening everything she's come to know... will she find her voice, or will she shatter all over again? Trigger Warnings: Child abuse. Violence. Addiction. Panic attacks. Self-harm. Death, and more.

𝐑 𝐄 𝐒 𝐈 𝐋 𝐈 𝐄 𝐍 𝐓 "𝖲𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗇k" 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍ 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 had everything a child could dream of. Warmth, wealth, protection, and a legacy built on loyalty and blood. As the cherished Marino daughter, she belonged to a world where her family stood as unshakable pillars. But things change... and sometimes they shatter. In less than a year, Lucia lost everything she knew: her parents, her brothers, her place in the world. Everyone assumed that the Marino princess had died. But the truth was far crueler. Lucia didn't die... she was dragged into a darkness that devoured everything she once was. Years of being broken, rebuilt, and broken again followed. Still... she survived. She found people who loved her without conditions, who helped her stand again when she no longer remembered how. And just when she finally believed she had everything she needed, her family finds her, pulling her back into a world she thought she had lost forever. But the shadows of the past cling to her... reminding her that some things are not finished with her just yet. -Azalea

𝟏𝟎𝐱 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝 "𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭." ______________ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬... Follow Marc Anthonie, Stefano, Marcella, and Violeta as they come into their own and break out of their parents shadows. Noelle Dupont- the new girl with a devastating past. Moving from France to America for a fresh start was just what she needed. What happens when she meets the dark haired Italian boy with a similar struggle as her? Monet Dubois- the cheerleader with an imperfect relationship. She's the opposite of sunshine and rainbows and she hates people. What happens when she gets caught up with the funny and charismatic hazel-eyed Italian who doesn't back down from a challenge? Portia Santiago and Astrid Banks- best friends since the beginning of time. They love each other to death, maybe a little bit more than they let on. What happens when the dark haired Italian-Spanish Beauty walks into their lives and shows them their true emotions towards one another? Maverick Grey- the best friend who only has eyes for one girl and one girl only. What happens when they take a leap of faith and take their relationship to a whole new level? ____________ They fight hard but they love harder. "𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭." "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟

"You lied to me" I screamed "You hid everything from me, why. Just why did you do this to me, to my siblings?" Tears began streaming down my face. "I did it to protect you, and your brothers, and your sister. I did it all for you guys" he said. "At what cost ... at what damn cost did we have to pay for your mistakes, you took the thing that I loved the most away from me" I said, tears being smeared all over my face, as I stared at him with my forest green eyes. Just like his. ... Astraea Knight is a 15 year old girl living with her four older brothers, due to her parent's disappearance when she was 13. No one knows what happened to them, and no traces were found. Left to fend for herself in this big family, Astraea is forced to keep the family afloat as new and old wounds begin to open up. The issues that were once forgotten and tucked into the pages of the past, begin to untangle themselves and into the lives of the Knight siblings. Astraea will soon unravel the truth, the truth of how her life came to be, the truth that no one wanted her to know.

E·phem·er·al (adj.) Lasting for a very short time ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ Aurora has spent thirteen years surviving, not living. Trapped in a broken home filled with cruelty and violence, every day has been a battle against the monsters she was forced to call family. Stained by her striking appearance--skin, hair, and eyes devoid of pigment--Aurora has always stood out. But one night, when flashing lights and sirens tear through the darkness of her world, everything changes. Her nightmares have been taken away in handcuffs, and for the first time, Aurora is free. Or so she believes. Whisked away to a sprawling manor in New York, she's thrown into a new life with six mysterious older brothers she's never met, secrets buried in every corner, and danger that feels strangely familiar. As Aurora tries to rebuild, she begins to worry if the past is truly behind her, or if something even darker has been waiting all along. Meek, quiet, and resilient, Aurora is done merely surviving. She's ready to live and claim her new life as more than Ephemeral. Even if it kills her. ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ ⏾ The first couple chapters are short but get longer as you go.

Her parents divorce was a messy, loud thing but she was too little to really get it. All she knew was her world got sliced in half. Mom took her, Dad took her brothers. Life became two separate tracks her mom's house on one side, her dad's on the other, with an invisible wall keeping them apart. For twelve years, she made it work. Her mom's place was cozy enough, with a stepdad who did his best, even if it wasn't always perfect. Her brothers faded into blurry memories, just faces from old photos. She got used to the split, the two different worlds. Then an accident flipped everything upside down. Her mom was gone, her stepdad was stuck in a hospital bed, and suddenly, she had to pack up and move in with her dad. But it wasn't the dad she remembered. He'd remarried, and his house was a whirlwind of four step siblings and her brothers, who weren't kids anymore. She wasn't that same little girl either. She figured it'd be about adjusting to a crowded house, maybe learning to get along with new people. But it turned out to be so much more unanswered questions, secrets everyone seemed to dodge, and the messy, confusing journey of figuring out who she was and who she wanted to be.

"𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖?" JJ Henderson wasn't the most popular girl at school. She's not the prettiest, the loudest, or the nicest. She isn't the most athletic, or best dressed, ⅋ maybe if she applied herself she'd be the smartest, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵. She knew firmly where she stood at Hawkins High, where she belonged, so the meaningless matters of social status wasn't a priority of the Henderson girl. What held the most vital significance in JJ's life is four boys, who meant the world to her, needed her most. To them, she's the coolest ⅋ most valued person in their lives. Mike, Will, Dustin, & Lucas didn't care how she dressed, if she smoked, what scars lay beneath her sleeves, or the scary thoughts racing through her head. They cared that she played with them, listened to them, ⅋ that she's alive, that they could make her smile ⅋ she wanted to hear about their day. To them, JJ Henderson is the strongest, bravest person they know. She told them to ignore the bullies ⅋ stand up for themselves, they didn't know she doesn't take her own advice. Those four boys are her entire being, her purpose, her reason for still being here. They didn't care she's never had sex, or think she's a cry for help for attention. She's struggled her whole pathetic life, mentally, socially, educationally, hell in every aspect, she couldn't take much more. So what happens when the disappearance of Will Byers... 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧? "𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝." ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜ: 𝟽/𝟸𝟼/𝟸𝟶 ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ: 𝟻/𝟸𝟽/𝟸𝟸

Read to find out I suck at writing descriptions but i will put one on here soon

Amelia Sinclair's life is falling apart. After losing her mom to cancer, she's forced to leave everything she knows and move in with her dad and his new family. Things don't get any easier when her new step Brothers, especially the one her age, make it clear they don't want her around. He's got a serious grudge against her, and she has no idea why. On top of all that drama, Amelia is battling her own inner demons. Struggling with eating disorders, depression, and just trying to make sense of everything. With all that's going on, she has to figure out how to stand up for herself, fight through the pain, and find the strength to rebuild her life.

Olivia has been abused by her mother and her stepfather for as long as she could remember. It wasn't until they were killed in an accident, did she find out that she had five older brothers who have been looking for her ever since she was taken away from them. How will they react to finding out what her life was like before they got her back and will their sibling bond ever be the same as it was all those years ago before she was taken?