"𝖨𝗈𝗇 𝖦𝗈𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖸𝗈𝗎...𝖣𝗈 𝖨..?"

Fresh out of prison, Dayvon has nothing-and no one to trust. Amani is the one person who might change that. The calm in the chaos of his life. But past mistakes, danger, and rising fame won't let him have peace easily. In a world that's always ready to break them, can they hold on to what really matters?

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝗼𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝗼𝗼𝐝 𝐟𝗼𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝗼𝐧. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝗼𝗼𝐝 𝐥𝗼𝗼𝐤𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗼𝐟𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝗺𝗼𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝗺𝐩𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝗼𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝗼𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝗼 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝗼 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝗼. 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝗼 𝐧𝗼𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝗼𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝗼𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝗺𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝗺𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝗼𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝗼𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐚, 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐨𝐧?

This is a very short story. Enjoy.

After years of surviving under the roof and shadow of her adoptive mother, Audra is finally claiming her freedom with nothing but a beat-up Honda Civic and the weight of her past.

『 ʙᴀᴅ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ ʙɪᴛᴄʜ ᴡɪᴛ ᴀ ᴅʀᴀᴄᴏ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ʟap 』

He's her brother's right hand. She's the peace he didn't know he needed. Jameria Cox stays out the way. Soft spoken and about her business, she co-owns one of the top salons in East Harlem and avoids the street life her twin brother Jamontae (aka JayMo) is deep in. Aycen "Ace" Monroe is JayMo's most trusted soldier. Quiet, loyal, and raised by the code, he keeps to himself until one night, he crosses paths with a girl too calm for a city this loud. She doesn't know who he really is. He doesn't realize she's off limits. What starts as a simple connection spirals into something deeper .