Paris Bennett walked away from the badge the day his older brother Elias was murdered. With no answers, no suspects, and no justice, Paris left the force behind-haunted, disillusioned, and hollow. Now he drifts through life as private security for rich kids with too much money and not enough sense, doing whatever it takes to forget the ghosts that still whisper his name. But the past doesn't stay buried. When the city's police chief corners him with a dangerous offer-go undercover in The Syndicate, one of the most ruthless gangs in the city, in exchange for new information about Elias's killer-Paris is forced to return to the life he thought he left behind. One lie. One name. That's all he needs. What he finds instead is Roman LeRoux. Cold, commanding, and impossible to read, Roman is the gang's enigmatic leader with secrets carved into his skin and blood on his hands. As Paris sinks deeper into Roman's world, the lines between duty and desire begin to blur. Trust becomes a luxury he can't afford-and love, a risk he never intended to take. But the deeper Paris goes, the more the lines blur-and the harder it gets to tell who's using who. In a city ruled by shadows and silence, trust is dangerous, love is deadly, and the truth? It might be the most lethal thing of all.

Dorian Reed lives by reason. A disciplined law professor, his life is ruled by order-until one night he sees something he shouldn't. Diamond de la Vega lives by his own law. Powerful, dangerous, impossible to ignore-he finds Dorian, and instead of silencing him, makes him useful. What begins as blackmail becomes obsession. Caught between fear and desire, Dorian must decide which law to follow: the one in his mind, or the one in his heart.

" 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲,𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞." 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 : 𝐀𝐏𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 : ??

"𝐼'𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝒶𝒷𝓎, 𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽 𝑜𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝒷𝑒𝓇." ✭ . Delvin continues to get in trouble with his coach on the basketball team and is sent to detention after getting into a school fight. During detention he meets his long lost childhood friend, Jane, and her new 'druggy' friends...

Azir is in the hospital after getting shot, and Bry is dealing with the loss of his grandmother. Nothing feels right-Bry's not in school, Azir's not waking up, and the people around them are getting more dangerous. You need to read Book 1 first to understand what's going on in this story. This book dives deeper into who Azir and Bry really are-and what they're willing to do for each other.

Love Out Loud Reading Event 🌈 They fall hard. So will you. From messy crushes to emotional slow burns, read the LGBTQIA+ stories the Wattpad community can't stop recommending. And win Coins while you read. 📚 Read from the Love Out Loud Reading List 🏆 30 minutes → 30 Coins 🏆 90 minutes → 90 Coins 🏆 150 minutes → 150 Coins + 1 month of Wattpad Premium 📅 June 15-21 Come for the yearning. Stay for the rewards. *** Book 1 In Miami's heat, where bodies drop and secrets burn, Brycier finds himself tangled in the arms of the city's most dangerous man-the one who was never supposed to care. A slow-burn hood romance soaked in blood, fear, and first love.

"𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲" "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 ..."

"A teddy bear was a soft, comforting thing, like the stuffed elephant, whose insides had been spread across the sidewalk to be trampled upon by the people who passed by. Theo was all hard edges and sharp shadows because he had been determined never to end up like that-although he was pretty sure that there was no stuffing left to pull out of him anyway. He was hollow, no more than a shadow. But how he wished to be something soft and comforting. For Abel to feel as much satisfaction from gathering him into his arms and cuddling him as he felt being held. Maybe he could restuff himself." -Or- Living under Ken's thumb will kill Theo someday, until it doesn't. He finds himself free, but has to pick up the pieces of a life he has not been living in order to move on. This novella covers a single day that marks the transition from exploitation and suppressed traumas to a different kind of future than one Theo ever expected for himself with a helping hand from Abel, the one who set it all into motion. Content Warning: This is pretty dark and explicit, although most of Theo's trauma is fade-to-black, off-screen, or only heavily implied. Specific content warnings are included in the Author's Note (some of which are spoilers for things not revealed until the very end of the story).

𝘈 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. "𝘑𝘢𝘪-" "𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. ***This story was written back in 2019-2020. It is being posted solely so that others can see the progression of my writing and introduce these characters before they get a major rewrite. I couldn't let all this lore go to waste.

"When I first saw you, I thought I'd have to kill you." "Uh, excuse me?" "But now I'll kill anyone that even thinks of laying a finger on you," he said, a dry laugh escaping his lips. "How times change, huh?" ~~~ Atlas, a young chef, was simply trying to survive in the big city. When a mysterious intruder, Emil, breaks into his apartment, Atlas is thrust into a life completely different from his. As Emil takes a liking to Atlas, will the chef run away? Or will the crime boss give him a reason to stay? ~~~ [mxm]