Two was a number that Brooklyn-born Indie Scott was more than familiar with. She had long embraced the idea of duality in all facets of her life: pain and joy, salt and sugar, yin and yang. What would the world be without pairings? This question never had to cross the twenty-one-year-olds mind. That is until the eve of her twenty-second birthday, when a life-altering incident takes place, ultimately expelling Indie to become accustomed to the lone number that is one.

"Your heart has no concept of time, if it wants to move on, it will. With or without you,"

Peaceful would be the perfect word for Mila to describe where she was in life. She was a single mother, raising her daughter alone-which wasn't anything new, anyway-but she'd escaped. She'd escaped the life she was born into and created a new found family that didn't exude toxicity. But as her best friend never let her forget, the next addition to her life had to be...love.

There was a woman Born from a lotus Her heart was golden Deep as the ocean Until this one man He came and broke it Til it was open Just like a lotus Oh yes, There were explosions She found her focus The beast awoken.. - Jhené Aiko