𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯, 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘩 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮.

"𝐈 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄?" © 2025 , 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.

"I don't know how to do this." He was almost embarrassed to admit it. "I ain't been right with you in a long time, but I'm gon' ask anyway. Please don't take her from me." His plea cracked something open inside of his chest. "I know I ain't a good man. I done did some shit that I can't take back and I can't make it right. But she is, she's good. She's the light in so many places I didn't know were dark." "So if there's a price that needs to be paid for all the pain that I have caused in this word and done onto others put it on me. I'll pay it. I swear I will. I'll protect her with my last breath. I'll listen and heed her warnings. I'll slow down and come home more and stop thinking that I'm alone in this world." "Just please let my baby wake up. I love her, I'm in love with her and I can't do this without her. If waking her up means I got to sacrifice letting her go so she can be safe. I'll do that. Just don't take her from this earth." "In Jesus name I pray. Amen."

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.

Mob ties, wealth, prosperity. Those were the three things that circulated Luciano; A wealthy businessman's life. Wealth, Mafia ties, and Murder were Kyrei's diversions. Two cutthroat sociopaths trying to survive in the jungle-also known as the streets. Will they let their wrongdoings define them and pin them against one another, or will they learn to coexist and put their differences aside? Cover made by @triceynexttdoor 💕

After years of surviving under the roof and shadow of her adoptive mother, Audra is finally claiming her freedom with nothing but a beat-up Honda Civic and the weight of her past.