In the heart of the city, where the streets never sleep and love is as messy as the hustle, two Black women collide - Layla, the fiery fem with a mouth sharper than her eyeliner, and Zay, the tough stud with a past darker than the alleyways she calls home. They're different in every way but drawn together like a magnet-two broken souls trying to find peace in each other's arms. But love in the hood isn't pretty or perfect. It's toxic, it's dramatic, and it burns hotter than the summer sun. Between jealous exes, neighborhood drama, late-night fights, and steamy make-ups, Layla and Zay's relationship is a wild ride of passion and pain. They want to love each other but don't know how without tearing each other apart. This story is about fighting for love when everything else wants to break you - a real Black lesbian romance with all the hood flavor, heat, and heart you crave.

One night. One room. Everything changed.

True love don't lie🪷

𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝒜𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓎𝒶ℯ: "ℐ go to war above & 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 bout cha shawty"

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❝ вad вιтcнeѕ roυnd тнe world вeттa graв ya one ❞

𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗏𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 lived 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌, 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗏𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾, Eclipseside.

I am drawn like Icarus to the sun. Percy Jackson / oc © aquamcnti 2022 Book ONE of two in the via-ordanverse

"𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞" (you do not need to read the first book , to understand this one) •𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙫𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨

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