⚠️ CHAPTER 41 - 100 ARE PAID CONTENT VIA KO-FI ⚠️ ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ The De Luca brothers reign supreme in the underworld, holding dominion over the ruthless realm of the Italian Mafia. They are cold, merciless, driven by madness, their loyalty solely to blood. Yet, their lives take an unexpected turn when they discovered their thirteen years old little sister. *** "When she was choking me, is that... love?" She whispered, her voice barely audible, each word trembling as if afraid to leave her lips. Her eyes, wide and glassy, searched mine desperately, seeking a truth that she couldn't grasp amidst the fog of confusion and despair that clouded her mind. My heart seethed with rage, a torrent of emotions crashing against the walls of my restraint, threatening to betray the stoic facade I had carefully constructed. I wanted to scream, to shake her out of this misguided belief. Hestia, my little sister, stared back at me. Her innocence tainted by the cruel hands of someone who had twisted the meaning of love into something unrecognizable. She couldn't differentiate the painfully obvious truth, the clear distinction between love and control, kindness and cruelty. It was as if the very essence of her spirit was being suffocated, just as her breath had been. ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This story contains sensitive and emotionally distressing themes, including emotional abuse, manipulation, disturbing family dynamics, morally corrupt characters, sexual assault, rape, psychological trauma, and mature content. Reader discretion is advised. © 2026 [CherylZielle]. All rights reserved. Do not copy or distribute the story without permission.

Aurora is forest nymph who lives in the lost city of Arden, a lost civilization of faerie folk who live among the trees. She's never left the forest or seen the outside world as it's strictly forbidden. However, curiosity pulls her outside of her little world and into one that's much more enticing, in the form of dark stormy grey eyes and one word that would forever change her life. "Mate."

"I was rejected by an Alpha, only to be claimed by a King." Aria has spent her entire life as the punching bag of the Winterbane Pack. Born an Omega with no wolf and no voice, she thought her life couldn't get any worse-until her fateful eighteenth birthday. The day her fated mate, the cruel and arrogant Alpha Jax, rejects her in front of the entire pack and sentences her to exile in the frozen wastelands. She was supposed to die in the snow. Instead, she stumbled into the territory of the legends. King Valerius is the ruthless, terrifying Lycan King of the North. He is a monster from the old world, a king without a queen, known for slaughtering anyone who crosses his borders. But when he finds a half-frozen, broken Omega in his woods, his Lycan doesn't see weak prey. He sees his true mate. Now, Valerius is bringing Aria back to the world that threw her away. And the Lycan King is perfectly willing to burn down every pack on the continent to put a crown on the head of the girl they called worthless.

He pushed me up against the wall and looked into my eyes. I knew he felt the same spark as I did, I'm his mate. And he was trouble. "Mine" he growled. And the next thing I knew, everything went black.

Evelyn was the only daughter of a very well known and respected vampire hunter. She looked up at him and wanted to be just like her father. But, her dreams were crushed when a mission went wrong and she was turned. After that, everything went downhill from there. A year later, after escaping where she was imprisoned, Evelyn bumps into a woman and finds out she's mated to not one, not two, but three of the most powerful, pureblooded vampires known to mankind. Will she accept them, or lose herself to the bloodlust?

"He was everything loud. She was everything quiet. Somehow, they fit." Mia Bennett has spent her life surviving quietly. Moving to Lakeshore College in Chicago is supposed to be her escape-from an abusive father, from a childhood shaped by fear, and from the responsibility of caring for her twin brother, Miles. But freedom doesn't come easily when Miles is an eighteen-year-old hockey star battling alcoholism, and Mia is the one holding everything together. Shy, guarded, and struggling with anxiety, Mia has learned how to disappear into the background. She doesn't expect anyone to notice her. Then she meets Kai Donavon, a confident, driven hockey player at Lakeshore, Kai is everything Mia isn't-and somehow, exactly what she needs. Through Miles and the team, their worlds collide, and Kai becomes the steady presence Mia never knew she was missing. He doesn't push. He doesn't judge. He simply stays. But storms don't stay silent forever. When their father reappears and the truth behind their mother's death comes to light, Mia and Miles are pulled back into the danger they thought they'd escaped. As the past threatens to destroy their future, it won't be the strongest man who saves them-but the brother who finally chooses to fight for himself, and for the sister who never stopped fighting for him. Silent Storm is a raw, emotional college hockey romance about trauma, healing, and the quiet strength it takes to survive-and to love.

Emery Grayson is a girl with a dark past who thought her boyfriend was the love she has been waiting for. But, he turned out to be an abusive, controlling man who used her past to threaten her into staying submissive to him. With power, money and the truth to her past, he was someone Emery thought she could never break free from. Until she woke up in Draven's bedroom. Draven Sinclair, a cold and unapproachable CEO of the Sinclair Corp., is one with a past not much brighter than Emery's. Being an illegitimate child hated by his own family, especially his older brother, Draven grew up distant and lonely. He hated his downtrodden life stemming from his mother's mistakes. Until he found Emery lying unconscious on the street. With twisted fate that keeps bringing the two together, will their broken wings bring them both down to a tragic ending or will they help each other fly to a hopeful future?

Noah is a 12 year old boy who was kidnapped from his family when he was just under 2 years old. He had 7 older brothers and 2 loving parents, though he can't remember them after all these years. He's spent the last 10 years in a basement with countless rules and punishments. His family spent years searching for him, even after the death of their parents, until finally one day they got a call. Their youngest brother had been found and was coming home after almost 11 years. They were all excited and anxious for him to come home, but they didn't realize how different things would be. *this is my first story so my description might suck I put it as mature as it will contain swearing and the odd TW. #1 in younger brother February 2023 #1 in lost brother February 2023 #1 in baby brother February 2023 #1 in big family February 2024 #1 in youngest February 2024 #1 in shy September 2024

At two years old, she was taken from everything she knew - a powerful father, devoted brothers, and a home where she was treasured beyond measure. Kidnapped by the one person meant to protect her, she vanished without a trace. Raised in cruelty by her mother and stepfather, she grew up believing pain was normal and love was something earned. She never knew she had been stolen - or that an entire empire had been quietly searching for her. For fourteen years, her father and brothers tore through cities, secrets, and bloodlines to find the daughter and sister ripped from them. Now, as she turns sixteen, the truth begins to unravel. And when a mafia family finally finds what was taken from them, they don't let go easily.

People called Alex a freak. Weirdo. Fake boy. Mute. Fag. So on and so on. Alex didn't deny it. She didn't entirely care in fact cause she knew she was different from the other kids. But it wasn't from being mute, having ASD, was intersex, or that her abusive, drunk father forces her to work in his mechanic shop for zero pay. No, it was the fact that she could make things happen without even meaning too. When upset, Alex can make lightbulbs explode. Hurt people accidentally by breaking their bones or sending them flying across the room without touching them. Make the ground beneath her tremble and so much more. Alex knew something was different with her, that she was indeed a freak. But not everyone thinks that. One day, Alex is dragged into a whole other world after helping a beautiful girl her own age with her broken car. A girl who called her mate. Little did she know, how much of a roller coaster her life will become after that.