The world has chewed up and spit out Eleanor Robinson again and again. It began with her parents, one taken by a tragedy, one addicted to horrific drugs, and a brother who's too boozed out to know if she's alive or dead. Alone in the world, Ellie isn't exactly sure of how life works, of how anything works, really. The only two people she has that even remotely understand are Sebastian and Scarlett, a pair of siblings that remind her so much of her own family, it's hard to be around them sometimes. When the trio finally move in together after being friends for almost three years, they end up closer than ever. But the move brings along another problem into Ellie's life. Cole Everett is a fighter. From the moment he was cast aside by his family, he's had to fight for scraps at the orphanage dinner table, fight for a spot in the light of his foster family's eyes, and fight for the love of his adoptive parents. It seemed like he never won when it came to personal battles, but in the ring... In the ring, he owned the world. Years and years of the world kicking Cole's ass has shaped him into the fighter Ellie and everyone else sees him as. But the world has also shaped Ellie, and the sweet, heavy-hearted girl paints on a façade that seems only Cole can break through. As the pair attempt to navigate a decent enough relationship to be in the same room as one another without going for the throat, the people around them float between blurred lines of friend or foe. Hearts clash, past enemies arise, and the pair's hearts hang in the balance of it all.

His eyes were the darkest blue, his hair a messy black halo, his jaw defined his cheek bones high he is the most beautiful male that I've ever seen and he's my mate and he's mine...but is he? Can I stake a claim on someone who refuses to even notice my existance, and acts like I'm a living curse designed to make him suffer just by looking at me. What would you do if you are mated to the coldest alpha there is? I know from the look of those cold beautiful eyes... He doesn't want me

Mafia. It was a word Marina Baracada grew up associating with, but left when she entered the college world of UC Berkley. She was living a normal life for the first three years of college and on her way to graduating early with friends to support her along the way. But with the mafia comes obligations, and hers lay with the act of becoming the upcoming leader. Kyle Bleu was the epitome of a sexy bad boy. Frat star, heart-breaker, and street racer. His future has already been determined for him by the people he calls parents, where he will be forced back into a past he's not proud of. When the two world's (almost literally) collide one more fateful morning, there is a change for the both of them. The two opposites become more than people with similar pasts and scarred minds; but people filled with lust and affection, leading to an undeniable love. Will the two stick by one another when their future's become a reality; or will the relationship become nothing more than a distant memory in the passionate battle of power and love, ending in more than broken hearts? --- There is in excerpt from this story in the first section you go into and it is between Kyle and Marina, I would put it here but it's too long so don't forget to read that! I have no connections to the college or anything, this is a made up story, all rights reserved to the owners or producers of anything in here that is not mine. Also, this story's rights belong to me and only me so please do not attempt to plagiarize. THIS CONTATINS STRONG LANGUANGE, SEXUAL REFERENCES, DRUG AND ALCOHOL REFERENCES, AND VIOLENCE I suggest for you to be 14+ and if you are younger I would appreciate it if you did not read this story because of the graphics. It has chapters on private for a reason Prodigies;)