" I can barely breathe, Come run away with me " IN WHICH, the apple pie life isn't as far out of reach as Dean thinks it is.

𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐨'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬. (𝐆𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐱)

they've known of each other for three years-same hallways, same classes, same friend groups orbiting around each other. but 'knowing of' someone isn't the same as knowing them. rory is blunt. she's a little closed off, and saves her best self for only the people who deserve it. but once you've pushed past that guard, she's full of light. kane is quiet, and humble; but beneath that, he's observant, tentative, kind, and annoyingly hot. senior year throws them together when he starts tutoring her, and suddenly, they're seeing each other in a way they never did before. kane can't handle being the centre of her attention. rory wants to know more. however, it turns out that getting to know someone can feel a lot like falling. and maybe, it's worth the risk.

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝐼 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡

Noelle's quiet life shatters overnight, when she receives a call that her father has died. Once the daughter of a feared crime boss, she's spent the last 5 years trying to outrun her family's shadow, evening changing her name - until the debts her father left behind drag her straight back into the world she swore she'd never return to. To protect her mother from the brutal retaliation of the DeLuna syndicate, Noelle agrees to the unthinkable: marriage to the new Don, Kairo DeLuna, a man as dangerous as he is magnetic. Kairo rules with ice in his veins and secrets in his eyes-known for his lust of sadistic brutality, Noelle is given no choice. Save her mother, or watch the only family she has left face the consequences. Their union is meant to seal a business deal and bury her father's mistakes - yet what begins as an arrangement of power soon becomes a battle of desire, trust, and survival. As Noelle is pulled deeper into Kairo's world of betrayal, bloodlines, and revenge, she must decide whether her heart is her greatest weakness... or the weapon that could change everything.