𝑫𝑹𝑶𝑾𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫, Book 1 in 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 a dark enemies-to-lovers gang/mafia romance by 𝐊. 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊. 𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐔𝐒 One of the most feared and deadly syndicates in all of Italy. Whispers of their names alone sent shivers down the spines of even the boldest criminals. But among them all, none cast a longer shadow than 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐀-the leader, the weapon, the son of the oldest Russo, and the most brutal soul in the underworld. He wasn't a monster carved from myth. He was worse-human. A man built like a god, carved by rage, and cursed with eyes like the original Gorgon. They didn't turn people to stone anymore... but they froze them just the same. An arms trafficker. A tactician. A tyrant. Medusa wasn't born from the Echoes of Olympus-he forged them with blood and fire. But he wasn't the only myth walking in flesh. She had spent a year running from her past, a year choosing every day not to end it all with a blade across her veins. She could have vanished. But instead, she reached out with bloodstained hands-back into the shadows where it all began. Her name was spoken in the underground like a curse. 𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄-the black-haired goddess. Unpredictable. Unyielding. A tormentor of tormentors. And a woman with nothing left to lose. Now, both rulers of the dark are forced into a fragile alliance-two myths wrapped in flesh, carrying fire and fury in their veins. And they just happen to share the same enemy. 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 - Strong langue - Sexual content - Violence

❝Tell me a story, love.❞ In which, a slave girl tells a bloodthirsty king a story in exchange for her life. [07.15.16] all rights reserved ©2016

Do I hate you or love you You make me hate but yet I love You bring me pain but yet I'm happy You bring me pleasure but I repel I'm so... confused * * * ¨le-let me go please¨ I stare deep into his dark brown eyes, his body presses hard against mine. I want him to let go but yet I always desperately yearn for him. ¨Are you sure you want me to let go Rosalina¨ he presses against I struggle beneath his grip. "I hate you, Mateo!!" I scream at him, he only tightens his grip I don't even notice my salty tears fall from my face, for a second a saw a shock of pain flash from his face. He ends up collapsing on me, squeezing me tight so I don't get out of his grip. I wine and scream telling him to get off me, how could he do this to me, I hate him!!!. He grabs my checks wiping my tears, staring at me contently. "I lov- __________________________________________________________________ Mateo Hernandez the guardian and Rosalina Rubi the guarded WARNING!!: Recommended for ages 17+

Why is love so cruel to me? What have I ever done . . . To deserve this? "I hate you!!" I shout from the top of my lungs, as hot tears poured out of me, draining my sanity, I couldn't take the heartbreak I couldn't take the anger that released out of me. "Why? Why do you hate me?" was all he said my eyes shut, heart beating, checks burning but all that came out was. . . "b-because I love you idiot!!" * * * Join Vanessa White on a HELL full journey to find herself and finally get rid of all this unnecessary drama and misunderstandings with her and Ezra Lee, her first lover, and the first person she'll ever hate. They were once close friends, very close. Supposedly best friends, But that is when all this started. She left her hometown to live in England and never come back because of. . . . . many reasons. Now she's back and she doesn't know when all her painful memories will stop coming back. The part she has come back a different girl with a goal in life. But will coming back reopen her scars for her beloved Ezra Lee. The "Fboy". Will she forgive Ezra? Will she solve all these misunderstandings, confusion, conflict and finally accept him? Or will she be ruined by hate and anger?