𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘: Freya Skye Jones has made her previous burden an unexpected lover. Malachi Barton has gone from her irritating next door neighbor to an admirable boyfriend in just one summer. However, dating her previous best friend comes with its issues. Her popularity is rising exponentially, and his senior year is proving to be more stressful than expected. Balancing her relationship and perfection seems impossible, but no problem is too big when they have love...right?

Freya Skye was sixteen when her life split into a before and an after. Before, she was just a girl with big dreams, loud laughter, and a future that felt infinite. After, she was a teen mom learning how to survive in a world that suddenly expected her to grow up overnight. She raises her child without a fairytale, without a perfect partner, and without knowing if she's doing any of it right only that she refuses to give up. Every choice she makes is for the small life depending on her, even when it costs her pieces of herself. Years later, when Freya is no longer surviving but learning how to breathe again. Until she meets 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 He's the first person who sees her not as "the girl who had a baby," but as Freya. Malachi doesn't arrive to save her-he arrives when she's already strong, already scarred, already standing on her own. What grows between them is slow, careful, and unexpected. A love built on patience, understanding, and the quiet courage it takes to choose happiness after hardship. finding the right person not at the beginning, but at the right time.

Freya has always been the supportive best friend-the one who cheers from the sidelines, who listens to every heartbreak and triumph. But with her best friend dating Malachi, everything changes. Because Freya isn't just watching from the sidelines anymore she's falling, Caught between loyalty and desire, Freya knows the rules never cross the line, never betray her best friend. Yet every glance, every laugh, every fleeting touch from Malachi makes the line blur. Forbidden and dangerous, their connection is electric-but is it worth risking everything for a love that shouldn't exist? In a world of secrets, unspoken feelings, and stolen moments, Freya must decide whether following her heart is worth shattering the life she's always known.

At Westbridge High, everyone knows the golden boy. He's the star athlete, the teacher's favorite, the guy who smiles and the world bends around him. He's charming without trying, confident without apology, and used to winning - on the field, in class, and with people's hearts. Nobody says no to him. Nobody stays unimpressed for long. Until her. Freya moves through school like she doesn't care about the spotlight. She isn't interested in popularity, doesn't chase attention, and definitely doesn't fall for rehearsed smiles or practiced charm. Where everyone else sees perfection, she sees performance. And she refuses to clap for it. When the golden boy's ego takes a hit after she brushes him off more than once he makes a reckless bet with his friends he can make her fall for him It's supposed to be easy. Just another win. But what starts as a game becomes complicated when Freya refuses to play by anyone's rules. She challenges him, calls him out, and sees pieces of him no one else bothers to look for. For the first time, winning doesn't feel simple and losing doesn't feel like failure. As rumors spread, loyalties shift, and the line between fake and real starts to blur, the golden boy has to decide what matters more: keeping his perfect image... or risking everything for the one person who never wanted him in the first place.

Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have always been best friends, ever since they were born. When Malachi gets a hockey scholarship at Freya's new private school, things change. Well, people change. 7 chapters out now!! Trying to update every 3 or 4 days!

"Loyalty before love-until love becomes the only loyalty that matters." Malachi has three rules: Kill threats. Protect family. Never love. Freya breaks all three. In a city ruled by shadows, loyalty is everything-and love is a liability. Freya Skye was never meant to cross paths with the mafia. Soft-spoken, observant, and fiercely loyal to the people she loves, she believes in goodness even when the world gives her every reason not to. But one wrong moment, one glance held too long, and Freya is pulled into a world where silence keeps you alive and trust can get you killed. Malachi Barton has been raised to rule that world. As the heir to one of the most powerful crime families, Malachi knows only control, violence, and loyalty forged in blood. He doesn't hesitate. He doesn't fall. And he certainly doesn't protect civilians-until Freya becomes the exception to every rule he's ever lived by. Hiding her should have been temporary. Protecting her should have been strategic. Falling for her was never supposed to happen. Surrounded by a dangerously loyal inner circle-his sharp-witted best friend MK, the reckless yet brilliant Percy Jackson, and the calculating Annabeth Chase-Malachi must decide how far he's willing to go to keep Freya safe. Meanwhile, Freya leans on her fearless best friend Sway as the lines between right and wrong blur beyond recognition. Because in Malachi's world, love isn't gentle. It's ruthless. And touching her comes with a death sentence. In a game built on power and betrayal, choosing her might be the one decision that destroys them all.

they were together for three years after being childhood bestfriends for 5 years. last year they broke up because Malachi cheated on her with her best friend, Malia. after that she moved to London. she hasn't talked to anyone in a year, not Malia, Kylie, Joshua, mk and especially not Malachi. after leaving, she met Asher, super sweet, understood what she was going through, they started dating a month later, 5 months into the relationship he started to get controlling, and mad, all the time. resorting into violence mentally and physically. this went on for 7 months, soon her mom found out what was happening and freya and her mom moved back to LA. how will she feel seeing Malachi again.

Two families ruled by power. Two hearts forbidden by hatred. One fire that could destroy them all. Freya Skye's life was ordinary-until she stumbled into the dark, dangerous world of the Barton family. Feared, untouchable, and relentless, Malachi Barton is everything her family warned her about. But the instant their paths collide, a spark ignites-one that neither loyalty nor bloodlines can contain. The Skyes and the Bartons have hated each other for generations, and betrayal is a language they speak fluently. Trust is a weapon. Secrets are a currency. And in a city where danger lurks in every shadow, survival is never guaranteed. As Freya and Malachi are pulled deeper into the war between their families, they will discover that desire can be more dangerous than bullets, love can be more treacherous than betrayal, and one wrong choice could cost them everything.

For Freya Skye, the Zombies 4 premiere was a perfect ending. But the start of the Worlds Collide Tour is a new beginning-and a new complication. Working alongside her co-star Malachi Barton, she finds herself falling for her best friend. As they spend long nights in the dance studio and navigate the whirlwind of life on the road, they have to decide if risking their friendship is worth the chance at something more. Can they find the courage to tell each other how they feel? Or will the fear of losing everything keep them silent?

She adored him from behind a screen. He noticed her when he wasn't supposed to. Freya Skye runs the biggest fanpage for superstar Malachi Barton-cute edits, late-night live tweets, and way too many heart emojis. But when Malachi discovers the fanpage and becomes hooked on the person behind it, both of their worlds get tangled in a way neither expected. Because sometimes the biggest fan... becomes the one person you can't live without.