Giovanni and Alessandra Moretti were thirteen years old when they met their older brothers for the first time. Giovanni and Alessandra had been through a lot in the eleven years since they had seen their brothers, they were taken from their family by their mother, they witnessed their mother's murder when they were six, they were thrown into foster care where they were abused by their foster parents. When they were thirteen, they were reunited with their brothers but they didn't trust them at first. Slowly, they started to trust their older brothers and even opened up about what they had been through. They were thirteen when they were caught up in an age old battle and they were kidnapped by their cousin. When they were saved by their brothers, both twins had major and minor injuries. Alessandra had a spinal cord injury and she had become paralyzed from the waist down, she was going to have surgery and receive physical therapy to try and recover from the injury. All of that was two years ago.
Now, Giovanni and Alessandra are fifteen years old, they still live with their brothers and their brother is still the leader of the Italian Mafia. Giovanni has gotten taller and stronger, he's still just as protective of Alessandra as ever. Alessandra is still the quiet angel she's always been, she still has nightmares but not as frequent as before, she's been in therapy as well as Giovanni has been. Alessandra has also regained the ability to walk but some days, she still has to use her wheelchair. The twins are happy and healthy living with their brothers but what will they do about the new evil that's causing problems for them? Find out in The Moretti Twins.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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