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.

her patience and understanding. her virtue of love that fuses and discombobulates the togetherness of a forbidden force of nature and reality she yearns. two bodies, one soul ridden with dire consequences of togetherness; but still they seek to make amends in the haze of separation with nothing but a knack for energy and essence that brings forth visibility within the thorny vines of law and order. and brings upon the inevitable of 'what if?'. she's curious, bounded by a tangibility of life and Love to the soul of another, the inevitable is a forbidden delight- an inevitable she needs and an inevitable she seeks. florencía DISCLAIMER!!! THE CHAPTERS ARE LONG, AT LEAST 5000 WORDS OR MORE! @ariyahnxtdoor, November 2020 REVAMPED: February 2024

Sequel of Ruthless Series

"We might be a match made in hell." "Only one way to find that out..." The beginning of the end for Anastassia & Adonis.

"Montana, come here." He nodded his head toward the door, leaving out of the room. Staying silent as Ms. Carol looked at me, I kissed the back of Josiah's hand before leaving out of the room. As I walked out, Messiah stood there looking at me in disgust while I closed the door. "What are you doing that shit for?" "Huh?" I said since I had nothing else to say, just trying to stall time to get my words together. "Why are you stripping, Monty?" Sighing, I decided that I wasn't going to lie like I'd originally planned to do after listening to Chocolate's stupid advice. "Money." I spoke simply and he scoffed as I looked down. "Why not just ask Josiah for money instead doing hoe shit?" "First of all, It's not doing hoe shit. I don't have sex with anyone. I just dance. And I don't want to ask him for any money. It's not his job to take care of me." "So stripping..." He trailed off with a laugh. "..stripping was the last resort? Instead of putting your pride aside?" Saying nothing, I just looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please don't tell him, Messiah." I could already tell by the look on his face that he was going to tell him. "I ain't gon' tell him.." Thank God. I thought. "..you are." "What?!" I shrieked. "No. I'm not." "You are." He spoke in a demanding tone. "Please. You know how he is." I expressed "And you know how he is too but you made that bed." "Messiah, he's going to kill me." I begged. "I know." He shook his head, walking away from me. "Better figure it out. You got until the end of the day to tell him or I will." He mumbled before walking back into the room.

What would you do if you got to spend 10 days with the one and only? Inspired by a short dream.....

MY WORKS #7. ❝I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next... I like that.❞ 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴 𝙰𝚄𝙳𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝙽𝙻𝚈. 𝙲𝙾𝙿𝚈𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃. 𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙸. ©️ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺.

"𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚"🩶𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒚...

You're there but you don't wanna be, You stay 'til it's too hard to breathe And I don't think it's worth your time So why you not mine? I need to know...

Their promise was kept, they met in the next life. However, the rise to fame is not easy. With it comes distance, uncertainty, trials and tribulations. Is the love Nadi and Silvester have created for themselves strong enough to overcome the obstacles presented before them?? Read to find out. SEQUEL TO NEXT LIFETIME Started January 9th 2025