Rell's escape from the dangerous streets of Florida to Chicago was supposed to be her fresh start, but the shadows of her past follow her. Determined to build a new life, she starts a hair business and keeps her heart guarded-until she crosses paths with Dayvon Bennett, aka King Von. Known for his dark past as a killer and his rise to rap fame, Dayvon sees something in Rell that others don't: a survivor who's just as tough as he is. As their worlds collide, Rell must decide if she can trust the dangerous, yet oddly sweet man, or if the past they're both running from will tear them apart. In a city where loyalty is everything, love might just be the most dangerous game of all.

💬*^✎... If I knew how things would've unfolded when coming to Chicago, I would've never came. ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ "𝐇𝐨𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬." "𝐍𝐨, 𝐕𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠." ༝༚༝༚

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞?"

A story about a girl who was hesitant and a boy who was heaven sent.

"The walls keep whispering secrets about you, telling me you aren't as innocent-or as perfect-as you seem."

Naomi Brooks is everything he's not-pure, soft-spoken, raised on hymns and hallelujahs. A church girl with a kind heart and a secret longing for something more. Dave East is everything she's been warned about-ruthless, feared, raised on pain and silence. A man who doesn't beg, doesn't break, and doesn't believe in salvation. But when a quiet prayer crosses paths with a silent war, Naomi becomes the one light in Dave's dark world. And he'll burn it all down to protect her. As their worlds collide, secrets unravel, blood is spilled, and faith is tested. Because some love stories aren't about fairy tales... They're about survival. And when Dave finally uncovers the truth about who killed his mother, love might not be enough to stop him from getting revenge.

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘢, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳." 𝖠𝖯𝖱𝖨𝖫 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥 － 𝖠𝖴𝖦𝖴𝖲𝖳 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥

❝𝖠nd you gotta love me easy, I've been hurt too many times, been cursed too many times❞ ©𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒𝐁𝐘𝐊𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 Dayvon, a former gang member turned mechanic, has left the streets behind, determined to live a clean life after a dangerous past. But when he meets Patience, a high-maintenance, boujee woman from the hood, their world's collide.

"got choices but i'm on you, so how that make you feel?"

noun: weakness. /ˈwēknəs/ -a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively.