WE ALL KNOW THIS ENDS IN BLOOD. ______________ In the dark streets of Chicago, a girl is fighting the demons of her late mother's past with just a box of cigarettes and a black steel dagger. She remains in the shadows just as she likes. Until she's in the wrong place at the right time, she begins to run, somehow straight into the police's hands. With no known relative, a DNA test lands her in Sicily, Italy, with a father who didn't know about her, three older brothers who want no relation to her, and a stepmother who pretends she doesn't exist. The Accardi family has many secrets, many enemies, and many sins connected to their family name. And soon, Athena learns that as long as you are an Accardi, It always ends in blood.

They taught the sons how to rule. They never taught the daughter how to survive power-because they never thought she'd need to. The Romano empire is built on loyalty, blood, and silence. Dante Romano's sons fight for dominance. His wife protects the family's image. His consigliere watches for betrayal. And his daughter watches them all. Alexandra Romano doesn't raise her voice. She doesn't threaten. She remembers. As ambition turns brothers into enemies and the empire begins to crack from within, one truth becomes impossible to ignore- The most dangerous Romano was never the loudest one at the table. ------- Before you begin- This story is not built for speed. The beginning will pull you in. The middle will test your patience. And the ending? The ending will make everything click in a way you didn't see coming. Every silence, every slow moment, every detail... it all matters. So don't rush it. Stay. It's worth it. 🖤 Pinterest link : https://pin.it/6bwLsqwl5

When Mathilda was twelfe, her world fell apart. A tragic car accident stole her father, her mother drowned her grief in alcohol, and her brothers slowly drifted away-reduced to rare phone calls every few months, if at all. Now, with their mother's death forcing them back into each other's lives, the siblings are faced with the fragile possibility of rebuilding what was lost. But wounds this deep don't heal easily. And Mathilda must decide whether some bonds are worth forgiving-or whether the past will keep them forever broken.

E·phem·er·al (adj.) Lasting for a very short time ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ Aurora has spent her past 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 for her. Her nightmares have been taken away in handcuffs, and for the first time, Aurora is free. Or so she believes. Swept away to a sprawling residence 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. Wanting a future built upon more than merely scraping by, Aurora knows its time she fights for what was previously impossible. 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. NO AI HAS GONE INTO EPHEMERAL.

They were her family. Her blood. Her protectors. Until the day they became her executioners. A powerful Italian mafia family which from insides were a definition of warmth but it was a force to reckoned with for the world. It still the same powerful family but something changed, something that made them more cruel and merciless..... Alisya Romano, Falsely accused of betraying the one person she loved most-her twin , Arianna Romano-she was cast out, abandoned by the very people who swore to stand by her. No trial. No mercy. Just exile. Alone and broken, she was thrown out like she was nothing to them. She was sent to a boarding school which is actually a hell hole, a place designed to strip away weakness and forge monsters. And they succeeded. The girl who once begged for her family's love died in that place. What emerged was something far colder, emotionless, deadlier. Years later, she was called back not becoz they wanted her but becoz of her father's funeral....but they don't know the girl who's returning is not the same. She's not the helpless child they discarded, but she is someone totally different, blank eyes, cold aura, a storm they never saw coming. The truth is a weapon, but redemption isn't given-it's taken. Now, they will face the sister they betrayed. And this time, she's not asking for their love. She's demanding their reckoning.

No one knows her name. No one dares ask. They only speak of the eyes-two different colors, rare and chilling. A mark of death. Of vengeance. A whisper in the underworld: "She doesn't miss. She doesn't hesitate. She doesn't feel." She walks alone through Moscow's back alleys, blood on her boots, the faintest scent of smoke trailing her long black coat. She'd slit a man's throat two minutes ago. Didn't blink. Didn't speak. Just turned and vanished. She's nineteen. But the world thinks she's a myth. And maybe she is. Maybe something broke inside her when she was five years old. When the Russians took her. When they burned her home into memory and carved out the little girl who used to sing lullabies on her grandfather's lap. Now? Now she dreams in flashes. A golden sun. A woman's perfume. Laughter in Italian. Five shadows taller than her, arms wide open. Names, always at the edge of her tongue-but never there. She remembers their faces. And she remembers the man who stole her life. Viktor Ovalov. The Russian leader. The man who turned her into a weapon. He doesn't know she's coming. But she'll show him. She'll make him bleed for every scar he left on her skin. For every scream he buried in her throat. She presses a gloved hand to the glass window of an abandoned apartment. Her reflection stares back-impossibly beautiful, heartbreakingly cold. Eyes covered with dull brown lenses. She's ashamed of what makes her different. Even now, she hides the heterochromia behind colored contacts. Just one more mask to wear. But behind those eyes, behind the silence-she remembers. This isn't a story of sunshine and fairytales. Not a story where she just 'heals' and gets her sunshine personality back. No this is a story where she learns to live again and not just exist or survive. This isn't about healing, it's about living again, revenge and living through your pain. Tw:bittersweet ending Pictures are not mine. So the credit goes to their respective owners.

Silenced by trauma, she returns to six brothers who blame her for their parents' death. Her voice stolen twice - by abuse and accusation. Can she break through their hatred without words?

|| Book 1 of the Syndicate Series || [Standalone] When young Diovanna is framed for something she didn't do and is sent off to a "boarding school" she feels abandoned and betrayed. But one thing was for sure, this boarding school was no ordinary school. One day when police roll in and search the place effectively shutting down the school, she is forced to go to the family that sent her away. The ones who abandoned her in her own personal hell. One thing is for sure, she is no longer happy and bubbly, she is silent and dangerous. ~~~ Ok yall idk abt the description but please give this book a chance!

•𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝• Once their everything, her life became a tormenting shadow, opposite her twin Ilaria's fairytale. Now, against her deepest will, fate forces her back to her nightmare's origin. She aims to finish quickly and leave, but destiny, with its knack for irony, throws her into the path of those she longed to forget, unaware of their secret yearning. The comforting proverb says time heals, but does it truly? Will she relive her horrors or face a different truth? Prepare to be captivated by Alessandra's journey of resilience and the past's power. Witness secrets unravel and the dance of pain and redemption. For within lies the answer to how, •𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚 '𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧' 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥.•

OLD VERSION GOT TAKEN DOWN!! Amara De Luca had been on the cruel earth for eleven years, and had been in a human trafficking rink for nine of them. She tried to escape, but she wasn't smart or strong enough. She thinks all hope is lost, and this is the life she's destined for when she's suddenly saved by the family she never knew she had. But it won't be easy for her to revert back into a normal setting, when she doesn't really remember being in one in the first place. She's haunted, bruised and broken. But can the De Luca family change that? Will they be able to turn her back into the smiley little girl she used to be? Most importantly: can they help her learn to trust them and requite the love they have for her?