Prologue

FOR THE ONE WHO STAYED ─ A peaky blinders fanfiction

━ IN WHICH, Elizabeth Shelby has to come to terms with the fact that sharing a name does not necessarily mean family.
━ AND IN WHICH, a father and daughter must learn how to find each other again after a traumatic war.

Effy Shelby was somewhat of a firecracker. At least that's what her aunt Polly always called her.
With raven-black hair, a freckle-covered face, and an unmatched personality, she's unstoppable with the name; Shelby. Being the daughter of the most feared gangster in Birmingham is not as easy as some would think so.

― And being one hell of a reckless girl is an especially rough way down the road...