𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ─────୨ৎ───── 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 feels invisible. As the daughter of the Royal Academy's football coach, everyone assumes they know her, but no one truly does. Beneath her fake exterior lies a girl drowning in secrets, desperate for someone to see past the facade. Then 𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 '𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄' 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 the academy's new star footballer, steps into her life and starts to notice the cracks in her armour. Connie has his own struggles. With a father who's relentlessly pushing him to become a football star, he's constantly fighting to meet expectations he isn't sure he can fulfill. The last thing he expects and needs is to find himself distracted and drawn to a certain curly haired blonde. ─────୨ৎ───── When I park in front of her house, I speak up before she can say goodbye. "I know you're going through something." The words come out rougher than I intend. "You try to hide it, but I see right through you, Carmen Castro." "Aaron..." Her eyes drop to her hands, her fingers twisting together. "You don't have to tell me anything. But I need you to know that I'm here for you. Whenever you need me. Okay? You can text me, call me, whatever. I'll drop everything." Her eyes flicker up to meet mine. She looks... scared. Not of me. But of something else. "Please?" I add, my voice breaking. I was never one to beg but ever since meeting Carmen, I've been a fucking beggar. She swallows hard and nods her head slowly. "Okay." Then, gives me a weak smile before slipping out of the car. [ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ] #1 mental health #1 addiction #1 awareness #1 academy #1 teen love #1 drugs #1 football #1 sad #1 rehab #2 healing #3 sportsromance

❝𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚.❞ Olivia groaned and crossed her arms, standing her ground. "Don't tell me what to do. You're not my dad." Amusement filled Santino's gaze as he stood up, abandoning the papers he desperately needed to read and sign. Yet, all that was forgotten as her bewitching lips protruded. "I might not be your dad but," a midnight lock of hair was pinned behind her ear, "I can be your papi." Shuddering, her body drew closer to him, betraying her mind. "You're sick." Taking the nape of her neck, Santino leaned down, his lips brushing against her ear. "Yet you still dream about my touch, don't you, principessa?" ❦ When Santino Adriano discovers that the Bratva has betrayed their neutrality by secretly working with his family's enemies, he's determined to send a brutal message that cannot be ignored. His target? The Bratva kingpin's sister, Olivia Morozov-a sheltered girl who knows little to nothing about the dark underworld her family controls, having been shielded from the darker truths of her family's empire her entire life. Fresh out of boarding school and blissfully oblivious to the power struggle boiling beneath her feet, Olivia is suddenly whisked away from everything she's ever known and thrust into a world where loyalty is weaponised and power is the ultimate prize. As secrets and long-buried lies unravel around her, she realises she's caught in a game where the unrelenting fight for power holds more value than human lives-including her own. Santino is cold, calculating, and relentless - everything Olivia should fear. Yet, she is intrigued by by his deadly nature. The line between fear and attraction is thin, and like a moth to a flame, she seeks him out, unafraid of the burn it may cause. She's never known anyone like him-an older, dangerous man who makes her question everything she thought she knew about desire. Olivia just didn't expect her captor to be so handsome.

Isabella Bianchi used to be all sunlight and laughter-until the day she vanished. Now 21, she is a shadow of the girl she once was. A selective mute with a deadly reputation, Isa speaks with her silence and fights like her mother taught her: without mercy. But beneath the calm exterior still burns the ghost of who she used to be-buried deep, locked away, and guarded by the one person who never stopped seeing her. Luca Hernandez has loved Isa since he was thirteen. She's his best friend, his soft spot, his greatest heartbreak. They've shared secrets, scars, even stolen moments that meant everything... but were always brushed aside And now, when girls across the globe begin disappearing, Isa steps into the darkness again-alone, determined to save the innocent and punish the guilty. But Luca's past isn't done with him either. When an old enemy resurfaces with dangerous intent, Isa becomes the perfect leverage. And suddenly, the silence between them might just be the deadliest thing of all. Torn between vengeance and vulnerability, Isa and Luca will have to face the truth: Love won't save them. But it might be the only thing worth surviving for.

A fighter. An assassin. A killer. Akira is all of them. After more than a decade, a loving family is faced with a sister who's closed off and distant. She's no longer the girl they once knew, and neither she nor they are ready for the truths that will soon come to light. Will secrets spill? Will they accept her? Will she accept them? A story of hope, change, and growth. In a world where survival means becoming someone else, can Akira reconcile her past with the family she's left behind? Or will the ghosts of her past destroy any chance of healing? T.W - Abuse(verbal, emotional, physical), torture, SA, drugs, SH.

Alissa Iris De León the daughter of both the Spanish and Italian Mafia. A week after she was born she was sent away from her 2 brothers to live with her father. Alexandro De León, Alissa's father and the leader of the 1st powerful mafia which is the 'Italian Mafia'. He is the most feared man in the world and is known to never show emotions. They call him the 'THE DEVIL'. You utter a word to him or even make a little mistake he won't hesitate to kill you. After 12 years of living with him she became a copy of him no she became even worse than him. On her 13th birthday she was sent back to live with her mother and brothers. 2yrs of living with them her mother was presumed to be 'dead' and they were sent to live with their uncles who were surprise surprise the leaders of the American Mafia.