"I never knew how intoxicating it would be to be consumed in the icy, dark abyss of the storm in his eyes. To slowly drown and be engulfed by the crashing waves as the hurricane erupted from inside and began to form. He slowly looked me down and at last, his eyes finally met mine. I knew at that moment, ice had collided with fire, and he was scorching himself in the bottomless void. But he didn't dare to turn, he didn't fear being burned into an inferno.
"You're beautiful," he whispered as he caressed a lock of ebony hair in his fingertips. My once cold interiors, the armor I wore, was melting away. I flashed a smile at him and chuckled,
"Choose your poison, pretty boy."
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Life isn't as always as it seems. Juno Amarti: Forged in fire, intensity of a roaring flame, with iron pumping through her veins. Solely unattached and alienated from all.
Who would dare to be burned by her touch?
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.