「short story」 - there's a darkness that the world hides from you and you never experience it until that cloud appears over your head. when kai mckenzie killed someone on a dark night, she met her darkness and that darkness consumed her. justine and madison is her darkness.

𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐..

Asianna has always had it all. Money, beauty, brains, and a sharp tongue that cuts deeper than any blade. But having everything handed to her comes with strings she's ready to cut. She vanishes from her family's and sets out to find something real. Enter Ryan cold, cunning, and the iron-fisted queen of the underground. She runs the mafia with ruthless precision and doesn't believe in asking twice. When she wants something, she takes it. And right now, what she wants is Asianna...whether she knows it or not. But Asianna isn't one to be tamed. What begins as a power play turns into a deadly dance of wills, secrets, and seduction. In a world ruled by shadows, can two queens reign without tearing each other apart?

Italy Adrian, USC's most sought-after hairstylist, has spent years despising Juju Watkins, the school's basketball star, after a bad high school run-in left a sour taste in her mouth-but when their paths start crossing more often, old misconceptions turn into undeniable tension, forcing them to question if their hate is really something else entirely.

"𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮" #𝟏 𝐬𝟒𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 : 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 : 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟏𝐬𝐭

" she's the girl next door...she's the girl next door , just for me"

𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦

𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐉 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐉 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

*very quick (aka I get to the point fast 🤣)* This book follows the life of Jasmin Moore. After a messy divorce between her parents, she is forced to move states with her mom. When she gets to a new high school, she decides to stay to herself. She worked hard on all of her work and assignments and even made it onto the basketball team. Zuri Thomas is the complete opposite of Jasmin. She is very social and has a big friend group. She's known as 'The Player' at school. Both literally and figuratively. She's on the basketball team and is a relationship player. What happens if Jasmin lands on Zuri's radar? Will she play with her feelings or try to really get to know her? #1 in wlw on 2/21/25 #3 in black love on 3/18/25