"The childs gone. The dreams gone. I've become comfortably numb"
Valentina Lombardi has been through a lifetime of trauma throughout her years. From her absentee, abusive father who's neglected her all her life to her even more abusive legal guardian who's been the one to traumatize her.
A trip to what she sees as her second bedroom, the police station, takes a turn of events with a piece of information she receives that changes everything.
Zane Marino, leader of the Marino mafia, and Raul Romano, one of his top men. Dead.
The two men who've destroyed her are now out of her life, a miracle to her. Now, she's being thrown into the custody of her eight older brothers she never knew she had. Her biological family.
Not to mention, her eldest brother who's now her legal guardian, also happens to be the leader of the Sicilian mafia. Her "father's" pure enemy.
What happens when she has to learn to deal with the infamous, ruthless Lombardi brothers, the ones she was raised to hate?
Marino through adoption and Lombardi by blood. A dangerous mix.
Throw trauma, boys, secrets, and utter chaos into the mix. How will it all play out when her inner demon's come to the surface, making everything unravel right under her two feet?
TW: mature content, sa, violence, strong language, abuse, drugs, self-harm
⚠️THIS IS NOT MY BOOK, IM JUST RE-UPLOADING IT ,ORIGINAL AUTHOR IS hxbachaud ⚠️
Natalie is 15 living with her abusive step father. She is having a normal day, well not normal at all but normal for her, when she finds out that he has passed away.
She doesn't know how to feel, on one hand she hated her step father but on the other hand he was all she had. She goes to the station expecting the classic "we'll put you into the system" but finds out that she has 6 older brothers who have been searching for her since she was taken from them.
Natalie only has one rule:
Don't trust men.
But how will she react when these new men in her life treat her with nothing but love, well all except for one.
Will they break down her wall and see that broken teenager inside or will her years of abuse keep her isolated from her refound family.
If that wasn't enough drama for her 'new life', out of nowhere she finds out there is someone watching her.
She found them but he found her
TW: mentions of abuse, rape, strong language.
This is my first story so please be mindful and I also suck at descriptions but I would appreciate anyone who reads xx.