{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠} Ria Romano knew hurt like the back of her hand. She was dealt her fair share of bad cards, more than anyone so young should have to face. A cynical girl riddled with the remnants of her past, a shattered sort of soul. She concealed like it was second nature; her instinct being to suppress. She'd offer you a cigarette with a shrug while you were crying because she never was too great with affection. She didn't smile so often but when she did and it was directed at you, you'd never feel such satisfaction. I was told Aria preferred to be alone, isolated; clouding her mind with inhales of her cigarette and drowning it in alcohol. Until she was dealt her good card, out of the pack of bad. They had a love beautiful enough to last a lifetime, the type directors desire to capture and authors aspire to write. Two souls, shattered by the cruelty of the world time and time again with flames that rekindled each others. They were each other's oxygen. They breathed life back into each other, those two insomniacs. <3

Layla Campbell • four years after her boyfriend dies she's left to raise her three year old by herself. Her job allows her to provide everything necessary they may need, but she won't allow herself one thing: love, which goes against the promise she made. Lorenzo Romanoff • struggling with finding his reason to keep going and stop drinking. The day he meets his brothers lawyer and her little boy that changes. He finds his reason to resist temptation. ••• "I don't want you to leave me." His fingers stop brushing my hair when my confession leaves my lips. "I don't want to leave you, but I have to. I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry." I grip his hospital gown and let out my silent cries as my body shakes. His arms tightens around me trying to comfort me, he knows nothing can. He's dying, and nothing is going to stop that. ••• "I do that a lot, you can't fool me." He says in a softer tone. I clear my throat and look away, the way he's looking at me's making me feel like he can read me as clear as a book, "Do what?" He gets closer to me making my eyes flicker to him, "You don't have to pretend Layla." For some reason it feels though as if I should whisper, "Who said I was pretending?" "Your smile," he murmurs, his eyes drop to my lips making a frown settle on his face. "It's so beautiful when you smile," his finger runs along my bottom lip, "but this one? Darling, this one is fake."

Valeriana has known nothing but neglect and abuse. Her mother took her from her father and brothers at the age of 3. Valeriana has no knowledge of her family looking for her. The only family she knows of is her abusive mother. The couple next door is Valeriana's chosen family. They were there for her when they found out what was happening in the house next door. Damien and Kolton have taken care of Valeriana since the age of 7. They trained her to defend herself against her mother when needed. On one wishful day, Valeriana's wish to have a life change comes true. With the news of Valeriana's mother passing she is sent to live with her brothers. All whopping 6 of them. That's six more than she knew she had. Valeriana struggles to allow herself to get close to them. Not wanting to be let down like her mother did to her. Valeriana tries to stay away from the boys. But for how long?

Emilia Morales is taken in by the Russian Mafia leader at 16 after her father tries to kill her. For the next 7 years she takes on a new identity, Viola Hart. During these years she creates a name for herself and becomes infamous in the Mafia world. The only thing fuelling her is the thought of taking down her father and becoming the leader of the Spanish Mafia instead of him. She wants revenge and nothing will stop her. Sebastian Bianchi is the leader of the Italian Mafia. He is cold hearted and ruthless. At 22 years old he has made the world fear him greatly. This man is someone to never take no for an answer. Allied with the Spanish the two Mafia's continue to rise together and demolish those who make an attempt on either of them. What happens when Viola decides it is time for her revenge? What happens when two childhood friends meet once again, but one has changed their entire identity? Will two once friends now turned enemies confine in each other?

*I wrote this when I was 15-16* "𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭." -𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀- -𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚- Ruthless and cold are just few of many expressions that people imply to her. She is strong and she definitely knows her place. People fear her while she fears no one and nothing. -𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆- -𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚- He is known for his ruthless ways and his well known and kept mask that he always wears. He is cold hearted but respectful with attitude and sarcasm that is dripping off his words. He is the well known devil with name of an Angel. ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ Due to deal between their fathers that was made years ago two of them meet and are forced into arranged marriage for sake of their mafias when their enemy is seeking for their end. ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ What will happened when two people with attitude and always stone cold face meet? Will they click immediately or will they hate each other? Will this alliance bring new rise of Italian and American mafia or will it come to its end? ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ ✣ 🌟HIGHEST RATINGS🌟 🌟#1 in Mafiaqueen-2/28/22 🌟#1 in mafiaprince-2/18/22 🌟#4 in donna- 3/12/22 🌟#11 in mafia-3/12/22 🌟#1 in mafiaprincess- 3/13/22 🌟#2 in boss-3/14/22 🌟#1 in alliance-9/22/22 🌟#1 in maturecontent-4/13/22 🌟#5 in sarcasm-8/3/22 🌟#2 in italian-5/29/22 🌟#8 in humor- 7/26/22 🌟#1 in mafiaromance- 8/3/22 🌟#1 in don- 2/13/23 Started- 1/10/22 Finished- 7/8/22

BROKEN PRODIGY I Following the passing of their mother, the now orphaned Di Genova siblings found themselves slowly unravelling. With a distrusting mafia empire to run and personal heartbreak to mend, all attention to the youngest Di Genova disappeared leaving the distraught six-year-old to fend for herself. After two long years of unexplained cold shoulders, cruel dismissals and general abandonment from her siblings, child prodigy Dakoda Reese Di Genova finally reached her breaking point. At the tender age of eight, she made the difficult decision to leave behind her family and Italian roots, embarking on a new journey not as the Dakoda her family knew but as the Reese they did not. Fast forward a decade, Reese had cemented her place in history. As the anonymous CEO of the biggest technology company in the world and sole Heir to the American mafia empire, she had buried the past in the same grave she had buried her heartbreak. She had moved on. Her four brothers hadn't. And it was going to take a lot more than them spewing out the same apologies she too had once offered, in order for her to forgive their everlasting betrayal.

She was the one that never had to say a word, a glance from her would make any one question if they would live to see tomorrow. He was known for his deadly sins, his bloody hands that never seemed to get clean. When one meets the other, galaxies collide. [𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟼𝟼𝟼 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜] #𝟷 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 (𝚊𝚞𝚐 𝟸𝟿, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #𝟷 𝚌𝚒𝚊 (𝚊𝚞𝚐 𝟸𝟿, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #𝟷 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 (𝚓𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #𝟷 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚎 (𝚊𝚞𝚐 𝟾, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #1 assignment (dec 21- may 12)

Academic Rivals to Lovers in a Boarding School ..... "You wanna know the really dumb meaning behind my name?" He muses and I walk ahead of him. "Nope." "Basically, it means the transporter of goods by cart or wagon, it's from an old french word I believe. You wanna know yours?" "You looked up mine?" I question, hiding the small smile on my face, because I'm mad at him or whatever. For... I don't know why but I'm mad at him because I am. Carter catches up to me, grinning to himself. "Emilia means rivals, it's derived from the root of some latin word. Isn't that strange?" That's just a coincidence, he's probably lying anyway. "Yeah, real peculiar." I reply. ..... #2 - onebedtrope 16/06/22 #1 - mila 16/06/22

"You're such an asshole, you know that?" I say. He smirks. "Only for you, darling." •°•°• Blue Ridge International High school. The most prestigious school in New York. Everyone there was well-known, and most definitely rich. Step one foot in it, consider yourself lucky. Anastasia Diaz, daughter of the famous Nicholas Diaz. After the death of her mother, she was forced to go to her father, who then sends her to Blue Ridge. Of course, she hates it. But looking more into it, could it be more of an advantage? Atlas Hernandez, son of the well-known Ashton Hernandez. He's been in Blue Ridge since 15. He's cold, quiet, arrogant, and of course, an asshole. Captain of the school's football team. He's everything a girl would want. The day Anastasia walked in her dorm , never did she expect to see Atlas standing there, shirtless, looking just as shocked as she was. Eventually, feelings start appearing. This story shows that not everyone's life is perfect, as well as the rich, popular, handsome ones. °•°•°•

Aurora has always had one goal; to study and get as far away as possible from her house. Life was never easy for her but it seemed to get worse when her mother died. Years after her mother dies, she gets a letter. A letter saying she got into West Beverly Academy, a boarding school in London. She never wanted to go, she wanted to spend her last year of high school with her family before college but since it was what her mother wanted, she decided to go for it. Milo was definitely not the guy with the perfect life as shown on cameras. He was a racer- a car racer and was popular for that. But noone really knew what was going on behind those cameras. Because trust me, its as fucked as you could possibly think. But being strong, he dealt with it. He put on the show and dealt with shit behind the curtains, no matter how hard it was for him. He had an ego, and had a terrible attitude, but for once, those two personalities got him the girl. On the first day of school, Aurora sits on Milo's seat- typical right? But Milo let's it slide, even with Aurora talking back. But as revenge? Filling up Aurora's locker with sand and humiliating her seemed like the best choice. But he doesn't realise how much he actually needs Aurora. Way more than you think. Read along for a boarding school romance with lots of drama!