A girl on the run from her abusive and controlling family. They want to use her as the assassin they trained her all her life to be, because who would suspect a little 5 foot nothing delicate female to be such a violent little thing? When the day comes that Ariana Salvatore is supposed to fulfill her destiny and seduce and kill Don Antonio Donatello, she did exactly what she knew she had to, she ran. She slipped out in the dead of night and didn't look back and she found herself falling unknowin...

“Are you drunk?” he sounded amused.
I sat at the table without saying a word. A normal, considerate person would apologize for being late, but not Brad.
“You should slow down.” He eyed me seriously and I grew angry.
“Now you’re telling me how much I should drink? Next thing you’ll tell me I can’t leave the house without your permission!” I retorted.
“Don’t tempt me.” He responded his jaw tight.
I laughed humorously, the effect of the alcohol making me braver in my speech.
“What about children B...

It was hard for Charlotte to let go of her best friend, Dalton, the boy she fell in love with since she was nine years old, to make way for her sister, Caroline, who happens to be in love with him too. It was hard for her but in order to make someone happy, even if it meant sacrificing her own, she was willing to let go.
It all happened around her senior year, where she let go of the only thing that mattered to her and after graduation, she moved away with no intention of going back.
Four year...