She felt it then, the dressing from the wrap on his left hand. Just like her father had told her it would be. Her gaze went from his hand, to his face, and then back again. Hassan had pulled his hand back then, but it was too late. "Mama, that's not, -" "You took the oath." She had always heard that having a broken heart was a real thing, but for the first time, she actually felt the strain in her chest, just as a tear fell. "You're one of them." Everything she had been told, from The Council, to the ceremonies and blood oaths, down to the Castillo name; it was all true. And he had done nothing but lie to her from day one.

Jania is a focused student and cheerleader, while Kentrell is the popular football star on campus who's playful, a little of a jerk, and full of charm. They bump heads at first, but that tension slowly turns into a toxic yet soft love story neither of them can ignore.

"Only the strong survive, this ain't for the weak." After an eight year prison sentence, Justice Bennett is finally home. Even though he's thankful to be out, he's still trying to figure out how to navigate the world and focus on finding his purpose in life. Unfortunately, things aren't that simple and life begins to throw curve balls his way. Will he crack under pressure or will he be able to stay ten toes down and use his strength to push through? Ended: October 10th, 2023 Revamped | Republished: July 8th, 2026

After years of war, blood, and silence, Dayvon Bennett comes home to Chicago for one reason: his daughter, Demi. But when a forgotten school pickup leads him straight to Dakota Williams, his first love and the only woman who knows what happened in those woods five years ago, everything he buried starts breathing again. Dakota is married now, softer, and trying to live clean, but Von still remembers every secret, every lie, and every touch. Between fatherhood, old wounds, and a body nobody ever found, love becomes the most dangerous thing they ever kept.

𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘦̀ 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴?

Soraya Bennett thought moving to Chicago with her five-year-old daughter, Kailour, would give them the fresh start they deserved. Leaving behind a deadbeat father and a painful past, the devoted nurse was determined to build a quiet life centered around one thing-her little girl. One summer night, everything changes. After hearing a loud thud outside their apartment, Soraya opens the door to find a young man bleeding on her doorstep. Guided by instinct and her training as a nurse, she brings the stranger inside, treats his injuries, and gives him a safe place to recover. By morning, he's gone, and Soraya assumes she'll never see him again. She couldn't have been more wrong. Two weeks later, a night out with friends leads to an unexpected reunion when she spots the same man performing on stage. Jeffery Kaisen Harris Jr. never forgot the woman who saved his life, and the moment he sees Soraya in the crowd, he knows he has to find her. What begins as gratitude quickly becomes something neither of them expected. As Jeffery finds more reasons to stay in Soraya's life, her peaceful new beginning begins to unravel. With danger, loyalty, and complicated feelings pulling them closer together, Soraya must decide whether protecting her heart is worth pushing away the one man who refuses to forget the night she saved him. After all, she only saved him once. He has no plans of leaving.

Avery was raised on control. Taught to be poised, disciplined, have a routine, restraint. She was smart, Focused. Unshakeable. A patient in the psychiatric ward meant nothing to her personally. She was there to help. To follow protocol. To do her job. Cassian was a psychopath. Running the streets of Chicago ruthlessly. Cold-hearted. Clinically incapable of love. Until he saw Avery. The pretty nurse who kept her distance. Who never crossed lines. Who didn't realize she'd already been 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧. Are psychopaths really incapable of love?

"I'm broken ma..." Admitted to Session 23 after conventional treatment methods failed to produce lasting progress. Patient was referred for intensive trauma rehabilitation with the goal of improving emotional regulation, interpersonal trust, and long-term reintegration into civilian life.

"𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙. 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧."

Every time Dayvon looked at Salem , he was reminded that there was still a small piece of good left inside him. He met her on one of the worst days of his life, fresh out of jail and carrying more anger than he knew what to do with. While everybody else saw a criminal headed nowhere fast, Salem saw a man with busted knuckles who needed help. He'd never understood how an autistic doctor could be so oblivious to who he was. She never feared him. Never judged him. Never treated him any differently than anybody else. One hug from her felt like peace after years of chaos, and somewhere along the way he found himself depending on her more than he should've. That's why he yearned for her the way he did; why he couldn't stay away no matter how hard he tried.She stole his Antidote.