"Fighting to keep us together, hope it's worth a try." An hbcu love story

For six years, Patrice Loving lived inside a marriage that started like a fairytale and turned into a private kind of hell. Mentally, physically, and emotionally abused by the man who swore he loved her, Patrice learned how to survive by going quiet, hiding her pain, and planning her escape in silence. Pregnant and living with MS, she finally runs in the middle of the night with nothing but the money she stashed and the strength Carmari Davis never realized she still had. Then she lands in the life of Hazel "Menace" Knight a ruthless street nigga who never pretends to be anything other than what he is. Menace doesn't sell Patrice pretty lies or polished promises. What he gives her is harder, rougher, and realer: protection, honesty, and a love that shows up every day for her and the baby she carries. But with Carmari still hunting for the woman he thought he broke, Menace is ready to become every bit of the menace they say he is to make sure Patrice and Halo stay his.

The only thing separating Zaria from Von was a uniform, a set of bars, and a line neither of them was supposed to cross. She wore the badge. He wore the number. Shit... that's just how it go.

𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡

𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾.

I just wanna separate myself from all this fufu shit

𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐈 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮

FORBIDDEN LOVE

ᴀ ʙᴡᴡᴍ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ꜱᴛᴀʀʀɪɴɢ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇꜱ x ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪʟʟɪᴀᴍꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀʟᴇꜱ. 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 @-𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐒𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐘.

𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝖻𝗈𝗒, 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾" 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧' 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍" 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊!𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂 x 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐁 𝐌𝐂𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋