Jack and Jill were young adults who started as childhood friends and became lovers but life led them on two different paths. She wanted to escape the small-town life and he wanted to get married and settle down. But distance made her heart grow fonder for him, yet her absence made his heart grow colder towards her. When Jill returned to Thornsberry to reaffirm her love for Jack, she was rejected because there was another love in his life, Cindy Von. Jill chose to leave Thornsberry permanently after Jack denied her and confessed his love for Cindy. The night before her departure, there was an assault reported on Jack and Jill, which left them both lying unconscious, but no one knew who was responsible. And there was no sign of Cindy Von.
It was dark and Cindy and Jack were making out by the well. There was a loud thump to the back of Jack's head then he collapsed on the ground and rolled down the hill. There was a dark figure behind Cindy Von, but before she could react or turn completely around, she was hit on the side of her neck and in the back of her head with a metal
object. She screamed out, "Aaaah!" Then she was pushed inside the well, falling all the way down to the bottom, where she passed out.
It was morning and Cindy was waking up to darkness, but when she looked up, she could see the clear blue skies. She thought she was having a bad dream. There was pain all over her body and she had a terrible headache. The well was old and musty with cold concrete at the bottom. Cindy could barely move around, because of the sharp pains she was feeling. She rolled her body over the broken pieces of the branches underneath her. She was trying to remember what happened and how she got inside the well.
Branches and roots were sticking out of the walls of the well, which broke her fall but caused bruises, minor cuts, and pain to her body. But if she had hit the concrete directly, she would have suffered a few broken or fractured bones. Cindy figured she had to be with Jack before the accident happened, but something went wrong.... But what happened, and who was responsible? She wondered where was Jack and if he was the reason she was inside the well. At that moment Cindy's thoughts were a blur, she was scared and confused. She screamed as loud as she could, hoping someone was around to hear her.
"HEEELP! HEEELP! PLEASE HELP ME! SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!!"
There was no answer and no one seemed to be around or near the well. Cindy knew on the weekends the park had lots of Thornsberry residents hanging out, she remembered the first time Jack took her to the park. She couldn't even remember what day it was or how she got inside the well. Her stomach was growling, because she was hungry and thirsty, but that was another problem she had no solution for. Cindy thought about rodents and bugs being inside the well with her in the darkness that would soon fill the well after the sun went down. The daylight from the outside gave some light inside the well but not enough to make her feel safe. She had to use the bathroom but she could hardly see anything so she held it in for a while, hoping someone would realize she was missing and would come looking for her. But Cindy didn't remember if she told her parents or friends of her whereabouts. She lay on her back looking up at the sky, watching as the day became night. She rolled over and closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to see the darkness but think about getting out of the well to be with her family again.
Kallie, a mute who had been ignored by her husband for five years since their wedding, also suffered the loss of her pregnancy due to her cruel mother-in-law. After the divorce, she learned that her ex-husband had quickly gotten engaged to the woman he truly loved. Holding her slightly rounded belly, she realized that he had never really cared for her. Determined, she left him behind, treating him as a stranger. Yet, after she left, he scoured the globe in search of her. When their paths crossed once more, Kallie had already found new happiness. For the first time, he pleaded humbly, "Please don't leave me..." But Kallie's response was firm and dismissive, cutting through any lingering ties. "Get lost!"
For three years, Shane and Yvonne were wed, sharing heated nights, while his devotion clung to his ex. Yvonne strove to be a dutiful wife, yet their marriage felt hollow, built on desire rather than real warmth. All changed when she became pregnant, only for Shane to thrust her onto the operating table, warning, “Either you or the baby survives!” Broken by his cruelty, she vanished in grief and later returned, radiantly accomplished, leaving everyone awestruck. Haunted by remorse, Shane begged for another chance, but Yvonne only smiled and replied, “I’m sorry, men no longer interest me.”
"You're a creepy bastard." His eyes smolder me and his answering grin is nothing short of beautiful. Deadly. "Yet you hunger for me. Tell me, this appetite of yours, does it always tend toward 'creepy bastards'?" **** Widower and ex-boss to the Mafia, Zefiro Della Rocca, has an unhealthy fixation on the woman nextdoor. It began as a coincidence, growing into mere curiosity, and soon, it was an itch he couldn't ignore, like a quick fix of crack for an addict. He didn't know her name, but he knew every inch of her skin, how it flushed when she climaxed, her favourite novel and that every night she contemplated suicide. He didn't want to care, despising his rapt fascination of the woman. She was in love with her abusive husband. She was married, bound by a contract to the Bratva's hitman. She was off-limits. But when Zefiro wanted something, it was with an intensity that bordered on madness. He obsessed, possessed, owned. There'd be bloodshed if he touched her, but the sight of blood always did fascinate him. * When Susanna flees from her husband, she stumbles right into the arms of her devilishly handsome neighbour with a brooding glare. He couldn't stand her, but she needed him, if she was ever going to escape her husband who now wanted her dead. Better the devil you know than the angel you don't. She should have recalled that before hopping into Zefiro's car and letting him whisk her away to Italy. Maybe then, she wouldn't have started an affair with him. He was the only man who touched her right, and the crazy man took no small pains in ensuring he would be the last.
Desperate to handle her grandmother's towering medical bills, Gianna agreed to a contract marriage with Tristan, the enigmatic man she'd once shared a one-night stand with. She assumed they'd fulfill each other's needs and dissolve the arrangement once the terms expired. Unbeknownst to Gianna, this marriage was a dream Tristan had clung to for ten relentless years. Certain she was just filling someone else's role, Gianna prepared to leave when that other woman returned. But Tristan, his eyes burning with unspoken emotion, seized her trembling hand and declared, "You’re mine. Now and always."
Charlee was left at the altar and became a laughingstock. She tried to keep her head high, but ultimately lost it when she received a sex tape of her fiance and her half-sister. Devastated, she ended up spending a wild night with a hot stranger. It was supposed to be one-time thing, but he kept popping up, helping her with projects and revenge, all while flirting with her constantly. Charlee soon realized that it was nice having him around, until her ex suddenly appeared at her door, begging for another chance. Her tycoon lover asked, “Who will you choose? Think carefully before you answer.”
Bailey seems to be never destined to fit in, a little geeky, but under it all, a hidden beauty that so many seem to miss, but still not what her pack Alpha is looking for in a fated mate... so he is determined to reject her and make her life hell. Bailey, knowing her life will likely never be the same focuses on what she can control, her future, and heads off to study; becoming a teacher. Asher is the Beta of Autumn Valley Pack, a neighbouring pack. A broken man having suffered the loss of his mate after a rogue attack, Asher is slowly crumbling. Falling to pieces. A shadow of his former self, and not a man that anyone wants to be around anymore... Until, Autumn Valley Pack require a new teacher, and Bailey finds herself there and pushed together with the Beta. Is there a connection building or is that in their imaginations? And what will happen when Bailey's mate comes back to claim what is his?