How can life move on when something that completely ruins it happens? How can an innocent child unaware of anything but happiness face the paranormal with bravery and strength? Little Alice was sleeping peacefully in the backseat of her parents' car when suddenly there was a life-altering BANG! CRASH! that changed her entire world... She doesn't like her new home. It has secrets... Deadly ones, indeed. Who are those children in the picture whose mouth seem to open and whisper something to her? And who is that naked woman with pale skin that keeps her awake with the horrible sounds of her cries and swears that no one else hears? And how does she disappear with the wind and the sound of cracking branches just like that? "Why me?", Alice kept thinking through her cries, "I don't want this". Yet who does?

As the only daughter to one of the most powerful Mafia families, Shay has sought to figure out her own path despite the overbearing pressures from her Family. After a family dispute leads to Shay and her mother to go into hiding, Shay attends Elite academy--her own perfect Hell. With an incredibly awful (or ingenious) disguise, Shay's new identity is going well until Jacob Smith shows out of nowhere. Not only does he seem to know every right button to push, but he also seems to know everything about her. Shay's seemingly normal school life explodes with a new set of problems. Old and new enemies are coming for her and she needs to choose whether she will carry the Ricca name. Goodbye Nerd Disguise, hello old identity, old life, old friends, and new enemies. It's the Family business, where plotting someone's assassination is just part of the daily duty. (Unedited first draft) FYI title may be misleading at first.