8 years, and all is well within the world of the Lyons...or so it may seem. Family and Foes lurking within the shadows. Betrayals and Reckonings slinking around every corner. Things are not always as they appear. Some secrets are better left buried. Can the Lyons survive their greatest challenges yet? Find out in Tug of War II.

𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘 | ❝ 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢 ❞ With Lucious' competition out of the way, the Lyons have more pressing matters to worry about. Some of them are being targeted by their enemies, and the only way to make sure no Lyon gets harmed is by having each other's backs. But will they be able to put their anger aside and come together as one?

It's Game Time Bitches. You always did it for me but nothing good can come from loving you. Follow the tumultuous journey of Cookie, Lucious, and the rest of the Lyons on an epic battle of wills against themselves, and the foes of the Empire. Push & Pull, Love & Hate, Mischief & Drama....Welcome to Tug of War....Remastered. *FYI: Day one's know the original was my first literary work, never fret, as I've evolved over the years, trust this story has only been improved while retaining its appeal. All original Cover Art Included. * Story picks up at the end of Empire Season 1.

With the Kingdom overrun by snakes in human bodies, The Lyons find themselves somewhere they never thought they'd be. On the outside.... The family reels from the shock of their lives. They don't know where to go or who to turn to. It was time they got rooted. This wasn't a one man army, they needed to stop fighting like it was. Just when the family needs eachother the most they find their more tattered then they once were. Three shots changed one cubs life. One cub on their own. And one covering their trails with a dark secret. They Lyons need stability. A new marriage arises, starting the ground for change. Little did their enemies know it wasn't over. The Lyons were an enemy underestimated. The outsiders may have won the battle, but the war was still on. All For The Kingdom... No one of foreign blood was permitted to sit on the throne. They would make sure of that. So while the enemy got comfortable, The Lyons built up. They were coming back for what was rightfully theirs. NO MERCY. For those who proved to be disloyal, and untrustworthy. They were on a war path. Blood will be spilt. Lives will be ruined. There will be Destruction. Destruction of all kinds. They weren't going to stop untill you had nothing. Not even the clothes on your back. Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me. Fool me three times...well find out. TO THE EMPIRE!

After 17 years of trauma and torture....watching Lucious get famous without visiting her even once AND divorcing her for a fake ass Haley Berry while she was in jail,Cookie Lyon is finally back...... But Cookie will not dare show her sadness. She walks into a long time restaurant and falls in love with a gorgeous,tall,muscular man who goes by the name of Frankie. But will Frankie be enough for Cookie in this cold,dangerous world? Or will she realise that she and a certain sexy gangster were Made To Love? Find out on Made To Love,by Oakenoaklots888

"They're ride or die so what's 17 years apart?" • When you meet the love of your life at 15 growing up in the streets of West Philly you don't always do right by your family. Selling dope, moving bodies , selling keys is the only way to stay alive. At least that's what everyone thought. But what if there was another way? Music,perhaps? Dwight and Loretha, only 14 and 15 had the two most important things in life. Love and family. But they wanted something else. Money and power. Changing their names to Lucious and Cookie Lyon, they go out of their way to reach their goal of a better life. Even sacrificing the two most important things in life love and family.. • 17 Years Later Lucious Lyon hip hop mogul and billionaire now has everything he wants at his finger tips but there's only one thing out of reach. His Queen. So when Cookie Lyon struts into his office a mere two decades later, demanding her half in his company back, he puts up a fight but gives it to her . But that's not the only thing she wants. Having three sons and burying all of his skeletons, not only to have served a 17 year prison sentence for him she wants her family back too and no one not even Boo Boo Kitty is going to get in the way of that.

Lara Jean writes letters to every boy she's ever loved they're never supposed to be sent. So when one accidentally ends up in the hands of a boy named Peter Parker instead of Peter Kavinsky, neither of them expects what comes next.One wrong address turns into years of letters, secrets, and a friendship that exists entirely on paper. Then Lara Jean moves to New York and Peter Parker realizes the girl he's been writing to for years is suddenly much closer than either of them expected. Some letters are meant to stay buried. Some people aren't.