Crimefamilies Stories

"I am not ready to raise a kid." "No one's signing you up for a Father of the Year award." The universe is made of stories. And Maeve Fluer-Reyes had her own. With pictured misfits in her life, the twelve-year-old was up for anything as long as she trusted the universe to be by her side. A runaway mother and a non-existent father. Something she had made peace with. Something she had learned to live with. Something she knew was the only constant. The odds in her life, however, turned upside down when her grandmother, the closest she had to a parent, went missing, leaving the little one in the protection of her uncle. When that responsibility itself was at stake, her loved one had no choice but to bring her to Sebastian Reyes. A man of few words and more power. A man known for all the bad reasons. A man she had labeled non-existent a long time ago. Forced into a decision, the young boss, as they called him, had to navigate his way from a notorious bachelor to a full-time father. "I know I can never take their place in your heart. Hell, I don't even want to. All I want is a place of my own."

Crime thrived in their city. They were bred from it. Born watching their backs and being careful how they moved. The three friends thought they could survive if they had each other. But bonds forged in tragedy and blood aren't forever resilient. Time penetrates, and peels away every pillar of strength until nothing remains. The lover, trapped in his own mind...no longer knowing what he fought for. The mourning, trapped in her addiction. Unable to move on. The prodigy, trapped in a neverending cycle of violence and repentance. Love can become a festering wound that will eventually poison the body. The question is, can they live without it?