19 year old Ellie has just moved to New York, waiting to start her first year of college, when she meets her also newly moved in neighbor. Once she starts to have feelings for the older woman, Ellie discovers that she'll play an important role in her life not only as neighbor and potential love interest: she's one of her professors at college. Will this make it impossible for the two to get together or will it be just an easily faced obstacle?

If I needed to, I'd break every bone in my body just to feel her love. It's so soft and pure. It's not something you just throw away. She's not someone you just throw away. - Stella Perez.

Emma Parker enjoys helping others, making her role as an ER nurse a perfect fit. She loves her job. Yet the relentless pace and high stakes often leave her stressed, especially when a life slips through her fingers and the toll of those moments weigh heavily on her. Her daughter is her world and Bellamy's cheerful presence always lifts her spirits. However, when Bellamy is with her other mother, Emma decides to turn to the gym for solace. Soon Emma learns that the women's only gym she's decided on is owned by someone who despises her for her ways in highschool, Ramona Rodriguez.

A retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth, a story of fate, the struggle for power, and love found in the most unexpected places. ***** Persephone has been raised in Olympus all her life - her mother absent, her father a cruel king, with her siblings teaching her all they know. She has seen all of what the gods and goddesses do and she is sick of it. When she learns her safety is threatened by staying in Olympus, she flees to the Underworld. There she stays until she learns that her leaving has caused the world to wilt. But leaving behind her newfound friends and Lady of the Underworld is something she will not do willingly, no matter the consequences. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Regina Dionela Content Warning: Mentions of rape and incest