"You no tell this girl that I said, I want no relations with a darkie?" She spat to me, making my eyes go wide. What? I thought to myself and Gio tried pulling me away but I snatched away from him, knowing I heard right this time. "Wait, what?" I spoke out loud and Gi grabbed me roughly, trying to pull me away again. "Why you saying these things? She's beautiful." I heard his abuelita sticking up for me as she stood to her feet and all the guys began to as well, telling their mom that she was wrong for what she was doing. "That puta heard me." She spat, pointing her finger at me. "You're too dark." She held up a brown paper bag that she was drinking her beer out of. "You no match this bag or lighter, you're too dark." "You look too much like his father. I no want you around me." She shooed me off, instantly breaking my heart into a billion pieces as I looked up at Giovanni who was looking down at me with hurt in his eyes. "Baby, please." He begged and I shook my head at him in disgust before putting my attention back onto her. "Get that darkness out of here, Giovanni. She's a demon." "Only demons have her color." She kept on going and I felt sick to my stomach in this moment as I stood there in complete shock.

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇- He told her one thing "you ain't see shit if you wanna keep that pretty face connected to your body." She was never supposed to cross paths with Giomani "Gio" Blackwood, suit-wearing, gun-toting underboss of New York's most feared family. But one wrong night put her in his world, and Gio don't believe in coincidences. Now she's tied to the man the streets call a monster. And the craziest part? The more she learns about him, the harder it gets to hate him. Cold. Calculated. Fine as hell. Gio runs everything - and when his father steps down, he's coming for the throne. But love and loyalty don't mix in the mafia. And in Gio's world, you either with him... or you against him. Ain't no in-between.

"𝘾'𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 "𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙖"

If you haven't read SAVE ME FROM ME, then don't read this. This is book two. Serenity's Pov "Why are you still talking to him?" Josh asked me as he paced the room. "His daughter loves me to death, and I love her too. She thinks I'm her mama, and that's how we're going to keep it." He stopped pacing, and looked at me. "That's not your fucking child. Your child is with his father, and Heaven needs to be with her mama." I shook my head no. "I am her mother, and if you feel as though you don't like it you're welcomed to leave. I was doing just fine without you, and I'll be even finer without you." Which was true. I don't need a man to make me happy. I was happy being alone, and I can continue to be like that. "So what are you saying?" He asked me as he approached me. "I'm not going to stop talking to Sean. If you don't like it then leave. It's ******** Serenity's no longer that vulnerable girl. She's matured, and moved on. Her new boo is Josh. She's fallen for him, but she won't love him. Why? Because her heart's still with Sean. However, she doesn't want him to know that. Will they ever be one again? Read more to find out.

This is the 3rd book in my little Thug series. See how the gangs life changes when the years go by and their own children are now old enough to understand the gang life they live by.