A Sports Romance • Basketball/Soccer/Lacrosse • Two Neighbor Enemies. One Fake Relationship. • "I'm sick and tired of pretending. I want us. I want you and me." "And so what? Do you want to be with me? Because I'm sure tired of being a second choice." "You were never the second choice. I just came back from my dad's to tell you I chose you." Easton's voice erupts from behind Mauricio. The world goes still. "I told you, I'd never make you choose, but for the sake of the three of us...this needs to be done. Who do you choose, Malia?" So much for no rules in bad ideas. • Seniors Malia, Easton, and Mauricio have a situation. A bad idea kind of situation. • Introduction, Extended Synopsis, & Author's Note inside. • S: 01/12/2021 E: 09/12/2023 The Morhills Elites Series/Book One/Four Parts (©mimisarai 2021) • Current Status: Completed (First Draft)

Katherine has always known how to get what she wants. A smile, a whisper, the right lie at the right time-people are easier to control than they think. Charm is her weapon, wit her shield, and power her only true goal. No one is immune to her games, and Katherine has never hesitated to ruin a life if it meant getting one step closer to the top. But the past has a way of clawing its way back into the light. When the ghosts of her own cruelty begin to follow her, Katherine tries-dangerously-to become someone better. Yet redemption proves far more treacherous than manipulation ever was. Someone in the shadows knows her secrets. Someone who has been watching... waiting. And now they're using everything she's ever done against her. With every message, every threat, the walls close in tighter. Friends become suspects. Trust becomes a liability. And the darkness Katherine once used so easily begins to feel less like a weapon-and more like a cage. Then there's Rome. Falling for him is reckless, a weakness she can't afford in a world built on corruption, betrayal, and blood. Because love makes you vulnerable. Love makes you human. And in Katherine's world, humanity is the fastest way to get destroyed. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝘚𝘖𝘊𝘐𝘈𝘓𝘚: instagram: xharl3slvts tiktok: wattpadwh0r3.s