"Your gun, Christian," I whispered breathlessly, the reality of who he was momentarily flashing in my mind. Even in bed, he was a dangerous man. He didn't stop. I felt the vibration of a low, dark smile against my skin before he spoke, his voice grazing my ear. "Gun's under the pillow," he whispered. ౨ৎ Lelani, 20 never asked for chaos. She wanted a quiet life, a clean future, and a chance to finally breathe. Christian, 24 was the kind of man she promised herself she would never get close to dangerous, secretive, and tied to a world she has no business stepping into. But fate doesn't care about warnings. And he's not good at letting go. Something about her pulls him in. Something about him keeps her from walking away. All she knows is this: The boy she shouldn't want is the only one who touches her right.

Chanel Hart, spoiled, untouchable, and used to getting her way, never asked to start over. One forced move from Baltimore to a wealthy gated community in Canada is all it takes to ruin the perfect life she built. Now she's the new girl at Oakridge High, and she refuses to be invisible. Especially not to Jaxon Parker. Star football player, future D1 athlete. The adopted son of one of the most powerful families in the community. Everyone watches him, and he never seems bothered. At least, that's what it looks like. What Chanel doesn't know is that her arrival has already sparked a dangerous game between Jaxon and his friends. And neither of them is ready for the truth tying their families together. Because in Oakridge, some games were never meant to be won.

"Know it's hard to trust but we've been through to much shit, we can't give up." Risk It All On Love.

'𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐂 𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐔𝐏 𝐂𝐔𝐒 𝐈𝐌 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐏

"You know my life just like a book how i'm turning the page, Reading our chapter hoping that i end in a change, You know this shit don't feel right wrapped in my rage" -Rodwave

"That I fumbled your heart Should've let go of my past for you, damn You did everything I asked of you Traveled cross country if I asked you to But I'm just bad for you I fumbled your heart"

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

"it doesn't matter to me what they think lei. i just know this is our story we gotta write it how we want fuck what they say"

You know our parent's story, but what about the six of us? We went through shit just like they did. Maybe not how they did, but we still have a story to tell. ~ The Browns

Keeping Our Promise Khrome Carter never had the luxury of being a kid. At seventeen, he's already a second father to his four younger siblings, raised by a single mother who works double shifts just to keep the lights on. Basketball was supposed to be his way out. Love was never part of the plan. Soulynn Bennett was raised to be perfect. Straight-A student. Church every Sunday. Home before dark. The oldest daughter in a strict household where reputation is everything and feelings are optional. She's always been the strong one - the quiet one. Until two pink lines change everything. Now love feels heavier. Friends feel distant. Parents feel like enemies. And childhood feels over. In a city that expects them to fail, Khrome and Soulynn must decide: Will they repeat the cycles that raised them... or break them? Because keeping a promise is easy. Growing up is not.