Dr. Nylah Rae Mercer took an oath to heal minds, not fall into them. She built her career inside locked wards and white halls, treating patients the world had already given up on. Distance was her armor. Control was her gift. Until she opened a file stamped with one number that changed everything. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 doesn't scream. He doesn't beg. He doesn't act insane the way they expect him to. Kai Beton is quiet, observant, dangerous in a way no diagnosis can explain. A hood nigga with violence in his history and intelligence they keep underestimating. Everyone sees a monster. Nylah sees a man who learned how to survive cages long before this one. Their sessions become the only place he softens. The only place she feels seen. Boundaries blur. Warnings get ignored. And the deeper she goes into his mind, the more she realizes the truth no one wants to admit-Kai isn't broken. He was buried. When the institution tightens its grip and Kai's life is quietly placed on the chopping block, Nylah is forced to choose between her oath and her heart. Between safety and truth. Between the life she built and the man who feels like home. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲. Cover @trenchlordtales <3

❝YOUR PARAGRAPHS MEAN SHIT TO ME, IT'S VERBATIM WHAT YOU SAID LAST WEEK...❞ - 𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚃 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 !

she entered his world, before he knew how to guard his heart. Mi'Yanne woods struggling, overdue rent, going paycheck to paycheck trying to keep up with her daycare job. One day it all stops, she sees a paper on the sidewalk and scans a qr code which she didn't know would change her life forever.

thuggin at its finest, murder at a all time high. hustlin at its finest, all my life i been tryna get it right - I don't need you up and leaving me, i need you here, oh i, pray on my knees at night so the angels see. I am not who they sayin i am. for mature audiences only!

"𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻." 𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐀𝐏𝐑 𝟐𝟔

"You don't even realize it, but loving you feel like I'm choosing the same life I been tryna get away from." M.L

At Louisiana State University, reputation is everything. Nalani came to Baton Rouge for one thing - her degree. No drama. No distractions. No relationships. Kairo already has everything she doesn't want - fame, attention, and a campus full of girls who know his lyrics better than their textbooks. When a fake relationship turns into the perfect publicity stunt, the rules are simple: no feelings, no complications, no blurred lines. But the one thing they didn't plan for? Each other.

"...𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬." 𝙖 𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

What happens when a fine petite female become the lawyer of gangster kentrell to solve his gun charges, murder cases and etc?