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

At twenty nine, Rue returns to her hometown of East Harlem New York to check on her family and honor the late birthday of her childhood best friend, Emari ". Now a famous makeup artist , Rue has built a life far from the city she once ran from but being back brings up memories she tried to bury. What she doesn't expect is to see Azriel, an old childhood friend she hasn't spoken to since he went to prison years ago. Struggling with the loss of Emari, Rue fled the city without thinking about how deeply her absence would hurt him. Left alone to face jail and life without anyone in his corner, Azriel accepted the consequences of the streets. Years later, he's no longer the boy she knew but a world known boxer. With unresolved pain, guilt, and feelings neither of them ever truly let go of, Rue and Azriel are forced to face the past.

IN WICH: Kennesey Jordan is new to Chicago. She spends her first few days there helping her brother pull off his annual Christmas event. But then she met Justice Bennett - the venue owner with the kind of calm that made noise feel safe. He didn't talk much, didn't smile often, and definitely didn't plan on catching feelings for his homeboy's little sister. Between long nights setting up lights, missed calls, and moments that lingered too long - they both started feeling something neither of them were ready for. The city's cold, the holidays are loud, and love's the last thing either of them was looking for. But sometimes, the quietest things hit the hardest.

𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨，𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖱𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽．

𖥔 ݁ ˖⋆ ˚❆ 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⋆❆˚｡₊⊹ ────── CHRISTMAS HEART ───── 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙷 𝙰𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙸 𝚇 𝙺𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚆𝙽 𝖨𝖭 𝖶𝖧𝖨𝖢𝖧 : 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋. 𝖺 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋. 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄, 𝗅𝗎𝗑𝗎𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝖺𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝖽. 𝗄𝖺𝗂𝗓𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾'𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋. 𝖺 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖾, 𝖾𝗑𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌. 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝖼𝗒 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝖼

I don't give a fuck bout too much, I only care bout you, you been from round me too much I just want be with you． 𝖺 𝗇𝖻𝖺𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖼

Mila Carter is a girl living a life that feels ordinary on the surface: she works at a corner store, goes to community college part time, and lives in a cramped, slightly run down apartment with her loud, opinionated Aunt Ro. Mila is sarcastic, and funny in a way that hides how much of the world she's learned to navigate alone. Her life is predictable, boring even, and she likes it that way until her dreams start getting dangerous. For years, Mila has been plagued by vivid, disorienting "memory dreams" that feel too real to be normal. Faces, voices, and events she has never experienced play out in her sleep with details that are impossible to ignore. At first, she thinks it's her imagination running wild, or maybe stress. But then she realizes that some of the events in her dreams start showing up in real life people she's never met appear in her neighborhood, arguments she's never heard of erupt on the corner, and she starts recognizing places she has never been. The dreams are no longer just weird they're warnings. Her life takes a dramatic turn the night she receives a call from a blocked number at exactly 3:13 AM, the same time she always wakes from her disturbing dreams. A calm, chilling voice tells her: "You got seven days left. Fix what you broke." Mila has no idea what it means, but immediately her life spirals into a countdown she cannot ignore. Soon, she discovers that she isn't the only one receiving these mysterious messages.

She thought the debt was her father's. She didn't know it would cost her freedom. When India Royale returns home from a night out, she finds more than silence waiting-she finds him. The cartel's most feared leader, a man with ice in his veins and power in his every word. Her father's betrayal has left her chained to him... not in numbers, but in body and soul. She hates him. She fears him. But nothing terrifies her more than the fire he awakens inside her. Because once you're caught in his world, there's no walking away. Velvet chains don't break. They only tighten.

Everyone's biggest fear when falling in love with someone, is falling for who you 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 they were, instead of who they ARE. And he had done just that. Fallen for who he thought was a sweet, innocent, nurturing woman-not knowing she came from two sides of the same coin. Two faces on one person. A Gemini.