"Ready Or Not, Here I Come You Can't Hide Gonna Find You And Take it Slowly"

Malik "Loc" Carter, a respected hustler from South Central with a cold past and a hot temper, is used to calling the shots in the streets-but not in love. After surviving a near-fatal shooting that shakes his foundation, Malik finds himself caught between two powerful women who each hold a different piece of him. Tiana: A ride-or-die queen who's been down for Malik since day one. She knows his scars, strokes his ego, and showers him in the love he never knew he needed. She's loyal to a fault, but her love borders on obsession, and she refuses to let go-even if she has to burn everything down around him to keep her place. Renee: A quiet storm who just moved into the neighborhood. She's slick with her words, deep with her thoughts, and sees right through Malik's street mask. She doesn't beg, doesn't chase-but she understands him. She reads his pain, hears the words he doesn't speak, and holds a mirror to the man he's been running from. When the weight of his past threatens to destroy his future, Malik is forced to decide: 🔹 Will he stay with the woman who's loved him fiercely for years? 🔹 Or choose the woman who knows his soul-and could be his peace? But love in the hood comes with a price. And in the end, some hearts gotta break so others can beat free.

mal·e·dic·tion /ˌmaləˈdikSHən/ a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse.

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭.... dave east x latto fanfic. 2/6/24