South Central Los Angeles glows different at night. Neon bleeding into cracked sidewalks. Music thumping through tinted windows. Cash getting counted in back rooms while deals get made in the front. Girls line the corners like they've always been there-heels too high, dresses too tight, faces done just enough to hide what's underneath. Cars slow down. Windows crack. Decisions get made in seconds. Sex. Money. Drugs. Everything moves. Everything circulates. And somewhere in the middle of it- she does too. Not part of it. Not shaped by it. Just... there. She walks past things people learn not to look at. Past exchanges that don't get spoken about. Past men who built everything around her without ever needing to introduce themselves. The kind of men who don't chase. Don't ask. Don't wait. And still... when it comes to her, something shifts. A look that lasts a second too long. A pause where there shouldn't be one. A decision... not to act. It doesn't make sense here. Nothing about restraint ever does. Because this is a city where if something is wanted-it's taken. No questions. No hesitation. So why isn't she? She doesn't notice it. Doesn't see the way rooms adjust when she walks in. Doesn't feel the tension she leaves behind when she walks out. Doesn't understand how, in a place built on excess-she's the one thing untouched by it. Out of all the women in Los Angeles- the ones who fit the image, the lifestyle, the expectation- she's the one that lingers. Like Helen of Troy, the face that launched a thousand ships- not because she tried... but because she existed. A butterfly that can't see its own wings, moving through a city that already has. And in South Central- everything gets claimed eventually. Money. Bodies. Power. The only question is... what happens when something isn't?

Book Four, must read books 1-3 "It's all bout who you know, street ties mean everything love" Ajani Powell now Fourteen was raised in Jamaica with her younger brother very aware of her father and her families street life but she preferred to keep to herself spending time studying and keeping her brother in check. Being one of the oldest of the next generation the family business is hanging on Ajani's shoulders and she's forced to make a tough choice, she could either fix her families mistakes or keep the cycle of violence going to keep her families legacy alive. When her father and mother make the decision that Jamaica is no longer safe for their family they move back to California unbeknownst to them that Cali may not be the same or as safe as they think it is with a feud growing between two young men with very different ideas for the drug world and Ajani is stuck right in the middle of it all. Little did everyone know this feud would soon turn into the most deadliest turf war the state of California has ever seen and would go down in history.

"Don't ever leave me again" With age comes responsibility, some comes sooner than for others. Being in a family filled with drugs and murder it's only normal to follow in the footsteps of those before you. With old beefs growing more and more deadly the family is more divided then ever. Everything comes at a cost and karma is very much real, it just hits in different ways. With the Jamaican cartel thriving in the drug world and deemed untouchable an old beef between Moriah and Kaine seems to be growing out of control leaving people stuck in the middle. New York also has stepped in to the feud when it's leader grows power hungry forcing sides to be chosen, their motto is 'Death Before Dishonor'. Ajani and Kaine's love story might be officially over, especially when mistakes are made and the past comes to light and sides are chosen out of lies and deceit. When it's all said and done only one side will remain and the California organization you all have grown to love might have just met its match.

"I need you" Corrine Parker was troubled. After her father was sent to prison for killing his mistress in a fit of rage and her mother diagnosed with stage four liver cancer, Seventeen year old Corrine is sent to live with her twenty five year old stripper sister named Isis who lives the fast life. Deemed a prude by everyone around her Corrine is in for a wake up call when it comes to dealing with her sister and her choice of men. After Isis agrees to house a hood rich hit man, Corrine's living situations grows a bit complicated after her sister and her open Pandora's box. Kareem Davis was only thirteen when he witnessed his father being killed by a drug related drive by and there was nothing he or anybody could do about it. As soon as he turned of age he decided that he'd enjoy nothing more than taking out the people who took his father from him. After a less than ordinary night at an strip club he and his boys regularly attend he finds himself in a storm of trouble when he attempts to kill the owner of the place after discovering he had something to do with his fathers death only to fail. Word in the hood travels fast and now he's forced to hide out while playing a cat and mouse game with his worst nightmare and dodging his feelings.

Jason and Diamond's story is over (sort of) and it's time for the next generation to go on this journey called Life. IMPORTANT: You NEED to follow to read chapter 21 (Link to chapter is in my bio on my profile.)