"I know sometime I'm crazy, I was hopin' you could bear with me. Beauty and the beast, pretty girl with a gangster."

Dave is breaking the chains that have held him down, reclaiming the youth that was nearly stolen from him. He's on a path of redemption, determined to rewrite his story. Along the way, he meets people who could either lift him higher or pull him back into the life he's trying to leave behind. Read on to see how Dave navigates the twists, temptations, and change of plans that stand between him and the future he's fighting for in Toronto. Dave East

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾? - 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 -𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘

"𝐢 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞?" "𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

𝖠 𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖲𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽, 𝖬𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂 ↣ 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 ©

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇- He told her one thing "you ain't see shit if you wanna keep that pretty face connected to your body." She was never supposed to cross paths with Giomani "Gio" Blackwood, suit-wearing, gun-toting underboss of New York's most feared family. But one wrong night put her in his world, and Gio don't believe in coincidences. Now she's tied to the man the streets call a monster. And the craziest part? The more she learns about him, the harder it gets to hate him. Cold. Calculated. Fine as hell. Gio runs everything - and when his father steps down, he's coming for the throne. But love and loyalty don't mix in the mafia. And in Gio's world, you either with him... or you against him. Ain't no in-between. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 & 𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃!

Reentry Case 007: Male, 37, assault with intent to kill, parole conditions strict. Not to be left alone with female staff.

"you make me feel all these feelings n' emotions I've neva felt before" - 𝐅𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

"It was always you, nobody else could ever fit your shoes, you'll always be the one I hold on too, Guess it's not the time for me and you" - Natasha Mosley

Something called love... Ayanna never asked for attention. She's quiet, focused, and just trying to heal from the grief that never really left her. Working late nights at a tattoo shop is how she copes, alone, unbothered, and uninterested in drama. Then Hunxho walks in. A rising rapper with eyes that hold too many secrets and a name that carries weight in more places than just music charts. He's used to women falling over him, used to fast love and fake loyalty. But Ayanna's different. She doesn't flinch. Doesn't chase. Doesn't care who he is. At least, that's what she tells herself. What starts as a late-night walk in turns into a slow-burning connection neither of them expected. But when pain runs deep and loyalty gets tested, love anit always enough. Sometimes the heart wants what it fears the most.