As a young girl, Seraphina Gray Rossi packed up her things at eleven years old to move to a small town on the big island called, Haleiwa, Hawaii. With parents as well respected marine biologists who specialized in the species of bottlenose dolphins, they turned their passion into a living and created Dolphin Cove, a sanctuary for dolphins.
But, when the native, Orion Alvarez returns to the Island eight years after his parent's passing, people are raising questions as to why he's come back. Rumors tainted his name in the small town, the myth becoming he was the murderer of his parents, only fleeing when suspicious arose.
A new found spark for life finds itself in Orion as he comes across the young, nineteen year old Sera with dimples deeper than the ocean itself. But just when he thinks he can give himself a chance to be happy again, the case of his parents death reopens as suspicion rises within the community, as well as the girl that has caught Orion's eye.
Follow Sera and Orion through the depths of trying to see past the skin of someone's soul, trying to remind themselves that you shouldn't always believe what you hear in, Dolphin Cove.
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Ever so slowly, Sera turned her entire body to face Orion as her hand slowly raised itself in the air to brush a curl away that rested over his hooded eyes. She took a step forward, barely any inches separating her chest from his own that heaved up and down with adrenaline. Her hand then fell to his cheek, hot to the touch as she felt the outlining of his jawline in her palm.
It was clenched as was the rest of his body as his eyes loomed over her own pair, his entire existence hovering over her small frame that intimidated her soul yet didn't stop her from brushing her thumb against his cheek.
"What're you doing, Kit?" Orion whispered as his hands hovered over her hips, resting on them slightly as he feared to hold on yet kept himself composed.
Maya applied pressure to my wound. I hissed from the pain. "Stop fucking around." She rolled her eyes at me. Maya finished tending my wound, wrapping it with a bandage. As she got up to put the first aid away, I stopped her.
My thumb rubbed against the cool skin of her hand. I pulled her to sit on my lap. My fingers ran through her hair. "You're doing it again." I ignored her, sinking my chin into her shoulder. "I have no idea what you're talking about." I placed small pecks on neck. Her breathing turning heavy. "Stop. Someone could walk in."
"And? You think they want to watch? Shit, I would."
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~Maya Castillo~
Escaping her traumatic past, Maya and her brother, Santiago, run to New York. In hopes to run her family business one day along side with her brother, she takes a college program at NYU. But when a anonymous person threatens her, Santiago turns to a past trusted friend. His price for protection? Her.
~Noah Slade~
In Manhattan, Noah is feared around the entire city. New York bows to his feet. He works in multiple businesses and is known in the mafia world as well. When a old friend from high school comes to him for protection, he comes face to face with his friend's sister once again, knowing exactly what he wants in exchange.
~ H I G H E S T R A N K S ~
#6- badass 8/24/2022
#8- ongoing 10/31/2022