Fate /feɪt/ noun 1. the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power. Life is good. I go to college, then work, back home, eat, sleep and repeat. That's my normal and what I've been leading so far. Everything's set and stable. But then everything comes crashing down. Life as i know it is nothing but a pretence, a lie. All i ever knew mounts to nothing now as i have to fight for my life from dangers that existed always but i only discovered them now. I am Xyleen Woods...or so i thought, and this is my story A Mafia Novel - Book One in the Fate or Break Series.