Maddalena is a 16-year-old girl and a life with no siblings and pain is all that she has ever known. She grew up in the city under the care of her mother and stepfather, Nadia Scalise and Michael Scalise. She tries to find the good in the bad and is a little lost. She is the friend that becomes a sister and will put in the work. The Adduci family was one that many feared, they were ruthless and cold hearted. Being the Italian Mafia, everyone knows not to mess with them. From the outside they appeared to be a normal happy family, but with the loss of their mother and the most precious thing to them, they only thing they can feel is pain. Even after countless years of searching and using everything in their power, they still come up empty handed. What happens when a fateful accident occurs and a call that would change all of their lives happens? Read to find out. A.N. This is my first book, and something I started a while ago. I can't seem to bring myself to write anything more for this book, and seeing as it's been on hiatus for a while I made the jump to discontinuing the book. I doubt I'll ever really update this again, but I learned a lot from writing this. Thank you to all of those who read, and supported this wild fucking story. Love ~Meli ✿

Madelyn had been born in a loving family. Being the first girl born into the family in years, she's the doll of the family. After an unexpected incident she's taken away by her mother. Years later and her step-dad is introduced in her life. With a sudden sickness, and her mother passing away, her stepdad gain's custody. With her mothers death her life changes, for the worst. After years of Abuse and neglect she finds herself getting put into the custody of her 7 older brothers. They are known as being cold hearted monsters, no one dares to mess with them.Having their sister back they swear to protect her from any danger, that including their business. Is she still their sweet, innocent, and happy little princess ?

Previously known as "My darling Athena" At only 5 years old, Athena De Luca's life changed drastically when she was kidnapped from her house by two of her parents so called "best friends." Her kidnappers, Carlos Rogers and Gabriella Rogers abused the young girl and made her become their maid until... A week after she turned 6, she was sold to an unknown man in exchange for money and drugs by her "parents." Years later, she is made into the best assassin who lived along with her best friends. On one random day, Athena gets arrested which causes them to take a blood sample from her which ends up with an unexpected meeting with her biological family that she didn't even know she had. With two loving parents and 7 brothers along with a giant family from both sides of her parents. Will her secrets unfold? Will her heart be won? Will she tell them the truth? And will she trust them enough? 🌹Find out by reading the story🌹 All ⚠TRIGGER WARNINGS⚠ are mentioned in the NOTE so please read that, this story includes romance.

On the day Valencia D'Angelo was born, she was swapped with Alessia. No one knew about the incident, it wasn't supposed to happen. It wasn't planned but it happened. No one suspected anything. No one questioned anything until they got a call from LAPD saying a girl named Valencia needed someone to take custody of her. They doubted it until they saw her. She had their mother's beautiful brown eyes and their father's features. Four of the youngest brothers didn't like her, they felt as if they were betraying the sister they grew up with if they were to get to know Valencia. She had to live with them or go into foster care. No one except the eldest brother of the Family knew she was going to live with them for three month and then make a decision whether to stay or not. *** Updates every Sunday Started: 10.3.2024 Finished: