Typically, you wouldn't expect an assassin to love someone right? What if that love went towards someone they were supposed to kill? Yeah thought so.
Her name is Phoebe Thatcher. Her entire family was killed by the mafia when she was young. After many foster families and homes, she finally gets adopted by 2 assassins who trained her over the years, to become better than them. Raising the bar if you will. Now 17, her goal is to kill every last mafia group, saving the one that killed her family for last.
His name is Michael Ventucci. Obviously from the Ventucci Mafia. He is the most feared. He is the most arrogant. As he watches the mafia world crumbling around him by an unknown force, he prepares. He doesn't know what to prepare for, but he does it. When all the remaining groups are gone, an innocent girl, (or so he thinks) comes into his life. With no home, no family, nothing. The family part may be true, but he doesn't know that.
Phoebe doesn't expect herself to be in this kind of situation. She should be cold. Ruthless. But after finding Michael, she learns something about herself. (Gradually) She becomes warm. Her walls were coming down, and now she is vulnerable.
Will she let that vulnerability become a part of who she is, or will she do what she vowed to?
Only time will know.
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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