"Please, Nymeria. We can tell you that another time." Nikko says but I shake my head. "For my whole entire life, I have been thinking it's my fault that you guys left. So I want to know if I'm right or wrong." "It's not your fault that we left-" "Then what is it?! Please, just tell me. I'm desperate at this point. Just tell me!" "We wanted to protect you. We didn't want you to see what Federico did to us when we had to join the mafia. We didn't want you to be involved in this life." Nikko admits. "Which is stupid-" Arcello adds. "That's not the reason right? To protect me?" I question. "That is the main reason." "If you guys wanted to protect me, you would have stayed." I shake my head, backing away from them more. "We are sorry, Nymeria.. But we can get to know each other and then, we promise, we won't leave you again. But I'm pretty sure you heard a lot about us from Federico." Theo promises. "I shouldn't have to hear about you! I'm almost twenty and I have to get to know my brothers that I was born with! " I shout back, my hands tangling into my hair. I don't know if I should be happy that I'm with them or angry at them for leaving or both. Either way, I'm still losing my mind. .·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙　✩　*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ . 𝐍𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐊𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 :: "I'm immortal until proven mortal." She went through so much so young. The past haunts her. Nobody knows. She couldn't trust anyone that much to be that foolish. Yet, Nymeria let HIM in. 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐊 :: "I would say go to hell, but I don't want to see you down there." He felt abondendend. Guilty. But he thought he deserved it. He has a frozen heart. Nobody dares to try and defrost it. It was stupid. Though SHE still did it. And he was grateful.

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Cahira Balviera refused to let the wounds of her past extinguish the flame of hope in her heart. Even after everything, she knew that love still existed. And on that fateful night at the revelry, as she was about to bottoms up her drink and forget about the night, she met Zathrian Blaz Orozco - a man whose icy demeanor and commitment issues made him seem like the polar opposite of everything she stood for. Could they ever find a way to make it work, despite being on opposing sides? Or just like the first time she saw him, she will just bottoms up her drink... not to forget the night... But to forget him.

Killa Herrera is a woman of strong convictions who stands firm in her beliefs. A strong woman, like that of a Tequila. And an unstoppable one, like that of a tipsy light in a revelry night. Her life was well-planned; she knew exactly what she wanted and how to get it. Until her father intervened and flipped her life upside down by arranging her marriage to her best friend, Avino Acierno. She was certain she would never fall in love with him. She'd never marry him. But never... really? When she realizes as the night wears on and the tequila flows, that she's in deep shit because... she's falling in love with him.

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Alejandra Martinez had a perfect life until she lost her mom and childhood to a violent tragedy that she witnessed. As a result, her dad fell into many patterns of abuse, leaving her to deal with the aftermath of it all. She continued life as best as she could with little hope for anything and trust in absolutely nothing, turning into someone her mother wouldn't recognize, doing whatever she needs to do to cope as well as to protect herself. During her junior year at Lower East Side High School, she meets Gabriel Santiago. He's known throughout the halls for his association with the most dangerous gang in the city, as well as his ice cold demeanor, all at the age of 17. He's as heartless as it gets - at least that's what everyone thinks. The two know nothing about each other. Despite that, they can't seem to hate each other more. But as time goes on, and they continue to cross paths, something changes. They begin to realize that there's a whole different side of the other that nobody knows about, yet it's the side that they might not hate about one another. That's what makes it even more complicated. As they each dig deeper past the facade the other has created over years of tragedy and destruction, it becomes dangerous for everyone involved. 𝓡𝓐𝓝𝓚𝓘𝓝𝓖𝓢 - 2023 # 1 : 𝔲𝔤𝔩𝔶 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 # 2 : 𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫 # 1 : 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔢