"Matteo, can I ask you a question?" Lilly asked, looking up at him. "That was a question." he joked. She giggled, "I mean a different question, just something that I'm curious about." He nodded, "What is your question then?" "Why do you call me 'flower'? Does it mean something?" she asked. Matteo smiled, "Flowers are my favorite plants. They're beautiful and bright, the prettiest things I've ever seen that brings me comfort. When I look at them, I feel all my problems disappearing, that's the reason I like to take such good care of my garden. And you, Lilly, are just as precious to me as those flowers." ~***~ Lilly Knight wasn't know for anything special, she was a normal waitress at a small cafe close by her house. Though she was childish at times, please found her to be kind hearted and adorable. But one thing that was bothering her, she never had anyone there for her except for her best friend. But one accidentally phone call would soon change all of that for her... Matteo Morelli was the Don of the Italian Mafia, cold-hearted but sometimes nice only when he felt like it. He was feared by most, though he was lonely and money was never enough to make him happy. The last thing he would've expected was to call the wrong person and get somehow still want her as his own just by hearing her sweet voice. ~***~

"I had to find a way to make you ours." • • • Katherine Ara, a 21 year old secret assassin, has been living a double life ever since she was a junior in high school. In the day time, she was just like any ordinary girl, spending time with her boyfriend Caesar and her other friends. But at night, she would take on her job and kill those she was hired to kill without anyone knowing. Only she didn't know she had been being watch ever since 2 guys first laid their eyes on her. Killian Velkov, the 25 year old Russian Mafia don, has gotten tired of going through the same things every day and night. After his long hours of training, he'd go for drinks, gamble, and possibly bring a girl home to satisfy his needs. Maxim Petrov, Killian's 26 year old friend, has been living with him and his family for the past few years. After being abandoned and separated from his siblings, he found a way to release all his anger through violence and there was no better way to get it out of him than joining a mafia with his best friend. Instead of them looking for enemies, they find themself trying to plan a way to take the secret night assassin and make her part of their team until their enemies were defeated. What better way to do that than making her collateral for a deal she didn't expect to be part of?

"I want you to have control." He was supposed to be my mentor, and I, his mentee. Instead, he became a warlock, and I, his beguiled. In the middle of their secrecy, they will find a connection they had never before. Secrets will be unfolded that they never knew existed and promises that were meant to be kept will be found broken. Chains were there to bind her hands. Instead, he ended up bounding his heart with her. Some things are meant to be kept in the dark but, indeed, what's done in the dark always comes out in the light. Not only will the hands be bound but their hearts will also be locked together. Their bodies will mingle and dance in the darkness of the night but where's the fun if it's always naked and in bed, right? Wishes will be granted. Fantasies will be fulfilled. Things were meant to be a game but they ended up playing with their hearts. The bro code will break along with many hearts. Ethan Hayes, 33, is a computer geek at the day, and dominant at night. For others, sex may be a necessity, and relationships may be a norm, but for him, it's a commitment that he has no interest in. An impossible connection, as rare as him being with any of his best friends' sisters. It's just not supposed to happen with the wrong person. But we can't always control everything. It's hard. Just like it's hard to control her. Olivia Camerson, 26, is an outspoken personality in daylight and an erotica writer at night under her blanket. She is not an innocent virgin girl. But it sure is unusual to find a trustworthy person to share her fantasies with. On the internet, she is famous for her intense, passionate, and kinky novels. She calls herself an expert who hasn't indulged in it in person. Goes by the name Evilo. Until someone found out what her username was. Sometimes not even the closest person knows your darkest secret. However, you may find yourself sharing it with someone you never imagined to even reckon with.

I look down at the frail frame of the girl. I unlatched her cage and nudged her with my foot. It seems cruel, but the other trainers would have done much worse to see her ignoring their commands to rise. "Wake up, you're being moved," I say to her, crouching down and shaking her. She lies unmoving and a heaviness settles in my chest. I move her hair from her face and press my fingers to her neck, trying to find a pulse. I purse my lips, feeling the faint beating of her weak heart. I look at the girl, watching her struggle to push air in and out of her lungs. I can tell she is sick. Do I put her in the truck with the others, or take her to the doctor? The truth is, nothing good awaits her in the truck. The only question is if it is crueler to go put her with the others, unconscious and barely holding on, or to take her to the doctor. I feel sick just thinking about it. She either dies here, or will wish she would have. I can't turn a blind eye to her though, I can't stand and watch as the life leaves her. Perhaps she will be thankful for me saving her life. ---- Hazel. She's a pretty little thing, far too precious and fragile for the life she was born into. Having lived most of her life in a training facility, she knows little of the beauty of the world or the people in it. A punishment gone bad, forever mares her, leaving her crippled, undesirable. Axel. He's an average man with an abnormal size. Being a Trainer, he is expected to be cold and cruel, someone he is not. It pays him money though, so perhaps living up to that expectation isn't that bad? When confronted with a choice he finally has to choose who he wants to be. Will he live up to others expectations? Or will he choose what may not be easiest, but what is right?