ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍɪᴅɪᴛʏ ɪɴ ɴᴇᴡ ᴏʀʟᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛꜱ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʜᴇᴀᴠɪᴇʀ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴊᴇᴡᴇʟ ꜱᴛᴇᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ᴀᴜɴᴛ'ꜱ ᴘᴏʀᴄʜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴᴛʜ ᴡᴀʀᴅ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴄᴀʀʀʏɪɴɢ ᴀ ꜱᴜɪᴛᴄᴀꜱᴇ-ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴀᴘᴘʜɪʀᴇ, ᴀ ꜰᴏᴜʀ-ʏᴇᴀʀ-ᴏʟᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ ᴍɪꜱᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴏᴜꜱ ɢʟɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴛʀᴀꜰꜰɪᴄ. ᴊᴇᴡᴇʟ ʜᴀᴅ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴛ ꜰɪᴠᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ɪɴ ᴀᴛʟᴀɴᴛᴀ ʀᴇʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ, ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴏꜱ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ꜰᴀʟʟᴏᴜᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅʏᴍᴏɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ.

"This is to enlighten readers about the everyday life of teens in today's society, the characters grow over time and learn from their mistakes, therefore transforming them into better adults"

Rumi "Rue" Monroe was a girl who grew up too quick and too soon. When her parents died, all she had left was herself, her overworked aunt, and bills they could never quite outrun. Fresh out of a relationship after catching her man in bed with another woman, Rue is exhausted working herself to the bone, drowning in responsibilities, and done with men altogether. She keeps her head down, minding her business, praying life gives her something better than struggle and disappointment. She isn't looking for love, danger, or anything that can break her again. Until she meets him. Nazir "Naz" Creed is the coldest man in the city a quiet storm with a reputation that speaks louder than he ever needs to. Running the streets with his brothers built him an empire people fear and respect in equal measure. Naz moves with precision, loyalty, and violence when necessary, and he's never cared about much outside money, power, and keeping his circle alive. But then he sees Rue. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a collision neither of them can walk away from. Rue's sweetness clashes with Naz's darkness, her broken hope meets his guarded heart, and suddenly the city's coldest man finds himself warming to the one girl who wasn't looking for him in the first place. And the streets? The streets don't like when the wrong people start caring about each other.

Fazion Creed was the wildfire of the Creed brothers-the youngest, the most reckless, the one who swore up and down that love would never catch him. He thrived on chaos, fast nights, faster women, and the freedom of never answering to anybody's soft feelings. In his own words, he was born a bachelor and planned to die one, no matter who crossed his path. But fate has a wicked sense of humor. One impulsive night with his brother's wife's best friend flips his entire world upside down. What was supposed to be nothing more than heat and adrenaline becomes the moment that stalks him, haunts him, rewires him. Suddenly the man who lived for the streets and the spotlight finds himself thinking about things he's never let himself want-forever, loyalty, a woman he can't shake even when he tries. Fazion was never looking for love... But love found him anyway, and it refuses to let go. Armani Rose is a full-time respiratory nurse with a soft heart, sharp instincts, and a ride-or-die loyalty that makes her the perfect best friend to Rumi and an even better godmother to their little one. She works hard, loves harder, and keeps her world clean and steady... until one reckless birthday night knocks her balance clean out of her hands. What should've been a harmless "one time and never again" slip-up turns into Fazion Creed tattooing himself onto her reality. She swore she'd forget him by sunrise, but he keeps showing up-leaning in her doorway like he owns the place, sliding into her days, popping up in her space with that wild grin like she already belongs to him. He's claiming her without permission, pushing past every boundary she tries to rebuild, refusing to give her the distance she swears she needs. Armani doesn't know whether to cuss him out, run away, or let him keep pulling her into the fire he carries in his chest. Because Fazion isn't budging. And deep down, she's not sure she wants him to.

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"It's blood bout' that pussy."

"You can't see the future. I might have a chance. You don't know for sure." He mumbled, making her expression soften. "M-my mom used to tell me t-that birds still sing even after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free t-to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" Samir stopped talking for a moment to regather himself so that he didn't stutter, but Nina froze completely. "You don't have to settle with him Nina. It's been five years an-and you're not a-as happy as you should be. You smile differently with me.. and you cry a lot with him. I just think that you deserve to enjoy your time with someone other than h-him for a minute because there's still sunlight out there for you too, even if you can't see it yet." How did he become her source of 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 so 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲? A short story.

Laila Brewster didn't need a rapper. She had money before him, motion without him, and standards too high for bare minimum. But then Raymir Moore sat beside her in class, saw the Chanel, the attitude, and the pretty face, then realized she was smart and funny too... and after that, leaving her alone was never really an option. Now BabyfxceRay got fans screaming his name, blogs in his business, and one girl he keep telling the whole world he's obsessed with. And Laila? She just wanted to pass Consumer Behavior.

Kason "Khotic" Brewster never planned on living long. At seventeen, he buried both of his parents in the same week. His mother died instantly in a car crash. His father held on just long enough to make Kason promise one thing before he passed. Take care of your brother and sister. So that's exactly what he did. Twelve years later Khotic is the man the streets call when things get ugly. Feared. Respected. Untouchable. Everything he does is for the two people depending on him to make it out of the life he's stuck in. He's content with that. Until Beauty Cardwell crashes into his world. Bee is nothing like the women Khotic usually deals with. She's a twenty-five-year-old brain surgeon, a child prodigy who finished school before most people finished learning who they were. She's blunt, literal, and socially awkward in ways people don't always understand. Diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Bee doesn't believe in pretending to be something she's not. She says exactly what she means. And for some reason... Khotic likes that. What starts as a chance meeting turns into something neither of them expected. Bee sees the man behind Khotic's reputation. The older brother trying to keep his promise. The boy who never got the chance to grieve. And Khotic sees something in Bee that the world keeps missing. But loving a man like Khotic means stepping into a life Bee was never meant to be part of. Enemies. Loyalty. Violence. The kind of danger that doesn't care how smart you are. And Khotic knows one thing for sure. Good girls like Beauty Cardwell aren't supposed to fall for men like him.