The town of Alder Creek barely made it onto maps. One main road. A bakery that closed too early. A post office that still rang a bell when you walked in. And Elara Whitmoreâwho had lived there her entire life. She knew every face. Every shortcut. Every story people pretended not to tell. Nothing new ever happened. Until the black cars showed up. â They didnât belong. Everyone knew it. Too sleek. Too expensive. Too⌠quiet. They rolled into town just past sunset, windows tinted, engines barely making a sound. People paused mid-conversation, watching from shop windows, porches, behind curtains. Elara noticed, of course. But she didnât stare like everyone else. She just⌠kept walking. Because whatever they were, they werenât her problem. â She was wrong. â The first time he saw her, she was laughing. Not politely. Not carefully. Properly laughingâhead tipped back slightly, eyes crinkled at the corners, like the world wasnât something to be afraid of. It caught him off guard. Everything about this town already irritated himâthe slowness, the quiet, the way people avoided eye contact like they could sense what he was. But her? She didnât look away. Didnât rush. Didnât lower her voice when she walked past him. She just⌠existed. And somehow, that was worse. â âWho is she?â His voice was low, controlled, but there was something under itâsomething sharper than curiosity. The man beside him followed his gaze. âLocal,â he said. âElara Whitmore. Grew up here. Keeps to herself.â He didnât answer. Didnât need to. Because his eyes were still on her. Tracking. Studying. Memorising.
*you was the mafia wife,you were spoiled bipolar physco and more,one day your husband goes somewhere without telling you so you tie up one of his men and force him to tell you were he is,while getting your men to search the city turns out he was just at a club*
*you was the unproblematic child,your sister wanted something you gave it her,she liked your jelwyler you gave it her,she liked your shoes you gave them her. One day you had to pick one husband, one of them had gone bankrupt,but fairly handsome. And the other was rich and beautiful.* âYou should let your sister choose first.â *your mother said* âOkâ *you agreed* *cleary she chose the richer one and you got left with the bankrupt one* *a few months later after you married Aden his business took of again,making him richer than your sisters husband.* *she strolled up to you* âhey Emma,letâs swap husbandsâ *just as you was about to agree something towering over you came up behind you his hand snaking over your mouth* âshe wonât be agreeing to that.â *aden said In a firm tone*
you and Robin was inseparable,you knew everything about him he knew everything about you,you had been like this since childhood. when you got up to middle school you was the same,everyone knew you and his was together all the time,also you and him was extremely popular,you had blonde curly hair with a white streak in it,one blue eye and one green you was slim and wore grunge kinda clothes Wich for some reason every boy wanted you and every girl envied you or tried to get close to you so they could get close to Robin. Robin was just as popular he was tall,strong for a 14 year old wore stylish clothes had brown hair to his shoulders wore a bandana across it and ever girl wanted him,they all thought he was the best thing since sliced bread. *background* You and Robin got into an argument,your auntie had cancer,and your auntie was the one who practically raised you. Your dad loved you a lot, when he wasnât at the pub or drunk he was taking care of you,ever since he lost his job as a doctor your mum left. you Missedher a lot and always wrote to her but she never wrote back. you had been seeing your auntie more and you diddnt tell Robin and he thought you had just stop wanting to hang so he started hanging with other girls Wich pissed you of and lead to a argument were you both said some pretty nasty things,you the stopped talking. the truth was you missed him a lot,but you never showed it*
Angelina Jones has loved Robin Arellano for as long as she can rememberâback when love meant scraped knees, shared secrets, and sitting a little too close on the curb outside school. She notices everything about him in a way no one else does: the way his voice softens when he says her name, how certain words roll differently off his tongue because of his Mexican roots, the lazy slur he slips into when heâs tired or teasing. And that tiny freckle under his eye? She thinks itâs the most perfect thing sheâs ever seen.
Everyone in the city feared Matteo DeLuca. They feared the way his name alone could silence a room. They feared the calm way he gave ordersâbecause calm meant someone was about to disappear. They feared the fact he never hesitated. Except⌠there was one person who had never feared him. His wife. ⸝ Isabella DeLuca didnât bow her head when he walked in. She didnât flinch when his voice dropped low. She didnât whisper his name like it was dangerous. She said it like it belonged to her. âMatteo.â Just like that. ⸝ The first time his men saw her interrupt a meeting, they thought she had a death wish. Matteo was at the head of the long table, eyes cold, discussing something seriousâsomething that had his men tense and silent. The doors opened. He didnât even look up. âWho letââ âMatteo, Iâm bored.â The room froze. Every man there looked at her like she had just signed her own ending. But Matteo? He stopped speaking mid-sentence. Slowly⌠he looked up. And everything about him changed. The sharp edge in his eyes softened. His shoulders dropped. The tensionâgone. ââŚYouâre bored?â he repeated quietly. âYes,â Isabella said, walking straight toward him like she owned the placeâlike she owned him. âYouâve been gone all day.â No fear. No hesitation. Just⌠expectation. ⸝ His men watched their terrifying boss lean back in his chair like heâd been disarmed. âGive me five minutes,â he told her. She tilted her head. âYou said that an hour ago.â A dangerous silence filled the room. Not because of Matteo. Because of her. ⸝ And thenâ He stood up. Just like that. âMeetingâs over.â One of his men blinked. âBut boss, we havenâtââ âI said itâs over.â His voice snapped back to steel for a secondâbut the moment he looked at her again? Gone. Soft. Again. ⸝ Later, in the quiet of their private rooms, the cityâs most feared man looked⌠completely different. Isabella sat on the edge of the bed, arms crossed. âYou ignore me.â âI donât,â he said immedi
Robinâs knuckles were still red when Angel dragged him through the door. âSit,â she said sharply, already reaching for the bathroom light. He didnât argue this time. Thatâs how you knew it was bad. Robin hopped up onto the edge of the sink, shoulders tense, jaw tight, breathing still uneven from the fight. There was a split in his lip, a bruise already forming along his cheekbone. Angel didnât look at him. That was worse than yelling. She moved around him in silenceâgrabbing a cloth, running the tap, squeezing it out harder than she needed to. The room filled with that quiet, heavy tension that made everything feel too loud and too still at the same time. Robin watched her. âAngelââ Nothing. She stepped between his knees, tilting his chin slightly to clean the blood from his lip. Her touch wasnât rough⌠but it wasnât soft either. Just careful. Controlled. And completely silent. âSay something,â he muttered. Still nothing. Her eyes stayed focused on the cut, like if she looked anywhere else sheâd lose it. Robin swallowed, voice dropping quieter. âI didnât start it.â No reaction. âHe was talking aboutââ âI donât care,â she cut in, finally speakingâbut not looking at him. âYou still finished it.â That stung more than the hit heâd taken. Silence again. The kind that pressed on your chest. Robin shifted on the sink, frustrated now. âYouâre just gonna ignore me then?â She stepped back to grab something else. Didnât answer. Thatâs when it hit himâshe wasnât just mad. She was scared. And that made something twist in his chest. âAngelâŚâ His voice softened this time. âIâm sorry.â Nothing. He let out a shaky breath, running a hand through his hair. âAlrightâlook, I shouldnât haveââ He stopped, exhaling hard. âI shouldnât have hit him like that.â She kept her back to him. âI justâhe was talking about my friend and Iââ He cut himself off again, shaking his head. âDoesnât matter. Itâs not worth it. I know that.â Still nothing. Now he was getting
*a queen is what they called you,weâll soon to be, you had been chosen to compete in a contest with 3 other heirs to the thrown to become a princess,you hated the thought of being a princess,because you knew once you became a princess you wouldnât be able to do the stuff you wanted to.* *you had big dreams,you wanted to go to Australia or Tokyo , learn French,play karate and more,but in this day and age it wasnât allowed for girls to do that. You was 17. your parents wanted to marry you of because they were in debt.* *you was a beautiful girl,you had long black silky hair these crystal blue eyes a lovey slim body* *it was a fine day you was with your parents that hated your guts..you wasnât a very girly type so you tried to make yourself as ugly as possible because you got to many compliments,you used concealer to pale for your skin and wore eyeliner you styled you hair with no care and wore tight close denim shorts with tight underneath with heavy belts baggy or sometimes tight tops*
you and Robin was inseparable,you knew everything about him he knew everything about you,you had been like this since childhood. when you got up to middle school you was the same,everyone knew you and his was together all the time,also you and him was extremely popular,you had blonde curly hair with a white streak in it,one blue eye and one green you was slim and wore grunge kinda clothes Wich for some reason every boy wanted you and every girl envied you or tried to get close to you so they could get close to Robin. Robin was just as popular he was tall,strong for a 14 year old wore stylish clothes had brown hair to his shoulders wore a bandana across it and ever girl wanted him,they all thought he was the best thing since sliced bread.
In the city, his name carried weight. People didnât say it loudlyâthey whispered it, like it might summon him. He ran everything: the ports, the money, the men who thought they were powerful until they met him. Cold, controlled, untouchable. A mafia boss who didnât believe in weakness.
Dyk tbp is so make me a story out of this *you were saying Robin Arellano the schools biggest crush,it was night and he was tired as he had always been a tired baby so he was half asleep when you asked him* âRobinnnnnâ âMmâ *he muttered into the pillow*