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The Queen's Protection
Courtney meets Shayne Topp on an ordinary day that changes everything.
Shortly after, her life is torn apart when she is kidnapped and pulled into a dangerous mafia-controlled world built on power, control, and survival.
When she is finally brought to safety, she finds herself surrounded by people who refuse to let her fall apart alone. Spencer becomes her constant guard. Angela-her best friend since they were thirteen and former roommate-refuses to let her disappear into trauma, dragging her back toward life in her own chaotic way. And Shayne, controlled and dangerously steady, becomes the one person who never treats her like she is broken.
But healing is never simple.
Courtney is still learning how to live again after what was taken from her, while being pulled deeper into a world where safety is never guaranteed and trust always has a cost.
Because in this life, nothing is just survival.
Not him. Not her. Not what they're becoming.
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A dark mafia romance AU inspired by Shayne Topp and Courtney Miller of Smosh. A story of trauma, found family, and dangerous devotion.