Maya applied pressure to my wound. I hissed from the pain. "Stop fucking around." She rolled her eyes at me. Maya finished tending my wound, wrapping it with a bandage. As she got up to put the first aid away, I stopped her. My thumb rubbed against the cool skin of her hand. I pulled her to sit on my lap. My fingers ran through her hair. "You're doing it again." I ignored her, sinking my chin into her shoulder. "I have no idea what you're talking about." I placed small pecks on neck. Her breathing turning heavy. "Stop. Someone could walk in." "And? You think they want to watch? Shit, I would." _____________________________________ ~Maya Castillo~ Escaping her traumatic past, Maya and her brother, Santiago, run to New York. In hopes to run her family business one day along side with her brother, she takes a college program at NYU. But when a anonymous person threatens her, Santiago turns to a past trusted friend. His price for protection? Her. ~Noah Slade~ In Manhattan, Noah is feared around the entire city. New York bows to his feet. He works in multiple businesses and is known in the mafia world as well. When a old friend from high school comes to him for protection, he comes face to face with his friend's sister once again, knowing exactly what he wants in exchange. ~ H I G H E S T R A N K S ~ #6- badass 8/24/2022 #8- ongoing 10/31/2022 #6- maya 5/3/2025 #1- maya 5/4/2025 #5- enemiestolovers 5/8/2025 #5- interesting 5/14/2025

'𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙? 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕.' |18+| - 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Two twisted people taking out justice in the way they know best. She's the queen of the game and darkness. He's the master of control and manipulation. In the dark alleys of underworld, where loyalty is a luxury and love is a liability, one rivalry flame ignites between the ruthless mafia queen and the FBI agent tasked with taking her down and they hate to admit; only one would reign. Power is her game. Seduction is his trap. When he's betrayed and taken under her rein, she offers him a deal; power in exchange of loyalty, but when their moves becomes seduction, who will make the next move - and who will be left exposed? What happens when they both find themselves ensnared in a web of darkness, where the whispers of the shadows revealed truths too horrifying to conceal? Join this pair in the rollercoaster of a life of war, flying bullets, levitating knives and a hell ride of betrayal and love. Just know that even the most just person have secrets carefully concealed beneath layers of deceit. She weaves the web of lies, he pulls the strings from behind. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "Do it," he drawls, not even flinching at the knife I have on his neck. "I'd rather die at your hands than in anyone's." "Aren't you scared?" I ask, eyes tracing the trail of blood going down his neck. "Scared? Darling, it'd be a privilege if you're the last thing I see before I die."