Cassandra Clover has always existed in the quiet spaces between introversion and extroversion-soft-spoken, thoughtful, her rare beauty inherited from dark-skinned parents who raised her to lead with kindness. She's the friend everyone wants but few truly know, someone who overthinks every word yet still gives herself away too freely. She's learned to protect her vulnerabilities, building walls just high enough to feel safe. Then she meets Cardan Wilson. There's something about him that stops her cold. His eyes that he covers with a hood, which she never should have seen-deep and swirling, as if crafted with deliberate care-seem to hold secrets she desperately wants to uncover. He hides beneath hoods and silence, his voice a low, peculiar cadence that makes her want to confess things she's never told anyone. He's magnetic in his mystery, unsettling in his distance, and she can't look away. Cassie has never felt this pull before-this need to understand someone who seems determined to remain unknown. Cardan is a puzzle she didn't ask for but can't ignore, and the more she reaches for him, the more she realizes he might be reaching back. In a story about two people who see something in each other the world has overlooked, Cassie will learn that sometimes the most dangerous thing you can do is let someone in-and sometimes, it's the only way to truly live.

Salae Amira Bennett came to college with a plan. Graduate. Become a neonatologist. Keep her hair laid, lip gloss popping, and maybe find a girlfriend that actually treats her right for once. Simple. But moving into an off-campus house near Peachtree State University with five strangers quickly proves that nothing about college is simple. Especially when one of those strangers is Aaliyah "Liyah" Monroe. Tall. Calm. Flirty. Annoyingly observant. And for some reason... always staring at Salae. At first they can't stand each other. Too many smart comments. Too much tension. Too many arguments in the kitchen at 2AM. But the more time they spend in the same house, the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between them. Between messy friends, ex drama, jealousy, late night confessions, and emotions neither of them fully understand... Salae and Liyah might realize something dangerous: Sometimes the person you swear you'd never fall for... is already unintentionally yours.

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I'd rather lose somebody than use somebody. ― #1 IN ANTHONYLARUSSO

𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺, 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩. 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 the school principal 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘥.

𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝗼𝐧 𝟏:✅ 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝗼𝐧 𝟐:✍🏾 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝗼𝐧 𝟑:❌ 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝗼𝐧 𝟒:❌ 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝- 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝-