MY WORKS #8 "For you, I'd ruin myself a million times. You've bewitched me body and soul, Belicia. I love, I love, I 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 you." NINARMANI ©️ 2025. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.

Moving to the rough streets of Harlem is a step back for Lorena after running from her supposedly good life in the suburbs of Miami. She searches for freedom in the most unlikely of places yet in meeting Cross, she couldn't find herself more trapped in the hands of a ruthless thug who is also her brother's best friend. ❝𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁?❞ 𝐍𝐎. 𝟏 - #𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓, 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Driven by artistic passion and a longing for change, Clovel boldly uprooted his life, moving to California to break free from the stagnant cycle and advance his art career. Motivated by providing for his family, especially after his father's passing, he embraced the unknown. Simultaneously, Tiana, seeking a better life and distancing herself from her past in the South, pursued a fresh start. Unaware her past would catch up, she believed a new environment would bring a brighter future. Clovel and Tiana, both aiming for a better life, unknowingly set the stage for their paths to intersect.

She has everything the world says she should want-money, freedom, a "healthy" relationship- but inside, she feels hollow. Somewhere between punches and pain, she wonders if she can ever find herself again.

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐖𝐎 ⌖ 𝙨𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙭 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣. ❦ | 𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 . ᶜʰʳⁱᵃᵐᵒⁿᵗᵉ ʳᵉᵃˡ ᵍʰᵉᵗᵗᵒ Five years ago, Iris walked away from the wreckage with blood on her hands & survival on her mind. Loving Jasiah had been like standing too close to a fire-warm at first, until the flames started to reach for her throat. When the law finally took him, she mourned him like someone dead, convinced that whatever they once shared was too dangerous to ever be resurrected. To save herself, she didn't just leave him behind-she buried the love entirely, believing some things had to be killed before they killed you. In the years that followed, Iris rebuilt. She built a life that was quiet, more structured, & way more safe with her husband & two growing children. A life where Jasiah Syncere Brown existed only in court records & steel bars. Prison was supposed to be a long sentence, guaranteed that the past would stay where it belonged. But the past didn't stay buried. Jasiah returned home years earlier than anyone expected, his arrival shattering the order Iris painstakingly built. But he didn't come back kind-he came back ruthless, upending everything in his path. Old wounds ripped open, & the man she once loved, the man she hated, the man she never truly escaped, was suddenly real again, standing back in the same city, back breathing the same air.

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵, 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳...𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗱...𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀.

In Atlanta, love comes with a price. Nasir Banks is a rising A-list rapper trying to maneuver a toxic relationship that he didn't realize was toxic while battling the pain of reconnecting with his drug-addicted father who desperately needs him, but at the same time, the drugs call his name. Arianna Monet is a stripper at Magic City who dreamed to build businesses and create a better life for herself and her little sister after being abandoned by their parents. She didn't want this life, but now she's comfortable with it. It's hard to leave it. Especially while juggling an engagement with a man who is known for his cheating ways. When the two meet during one of Atlanta's wildest nights, heartbreak and betrayal pull them into a messy situationship neither of them expected. Their partners are cheating, emotions are everywhere, and what starts as comfort quickly turns into something deeper. But in a city full of fame, secrets, money, and drama, nothing stays sweet for long. As family wounds reopen and loyalty gets tested, Nasir and Arianna are forced to decide if love is enough to save two broken people... or if they were doomed from the start. Because sometimes the person who makes you feel the safest can hurt you the most.

Falling for her is a death sentence. A Chris Brown vampire story. (R)