After a traumatic event, Asia is saved by a woman who is a "dancer" at Suga. Desperate for a way off the dangerous streets of Atlanta and a place to sleep rather than her car, she goes to see if she could make money for her dormant dance talent, but is surprised by who the owner is. (𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 : 𝐒𝐡𝐮•𝐆𝐮𝐡) 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊-𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃.

Dr. Nylah Rae Mercer took an oath to heal minds, not fall into them. She built her career inside locked wards and white halls, treating patients the world had already given up on. Distance was her armor. Control was her gift. Until she opened a file stamped with one number that changed everything. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 doesn't scream. He doesn't beg. He doesn't act insane the way they expect him to. Kai Beton is quiet, observant, dangerous in a way no diagnosis can explain. A hood nigga with violence in his history and intelligence they keep underestimating. Everyone sees a monster. Nylah sees a man who learned how to survive cages long before this one. Their sessions become the only place he softens. The only place she feels seen. Boundaries blur. Warnings get ignored. And the deeper she goes into his mind, the more she realizes the truth no one wants to admit-Kai isn't broken. He was buried. When the institution tightens its grip and Kai's life is quietly placed on the chopping block, Nylah is forced to choose between her oath and her heart. Between safety and truth. Between the life she built and the man who feels like home. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲. Cover @trenchlordtales <3

"ʜɪᴛ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ'ᴍ ꜱɪᴛᴛɪɴ' ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ, ᴀʟʟ ʙʏ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ" "ʜɪᴛ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴏᴍᴇʙᴏᴅʏ ᴇʟꜱᴇ"- SZA "ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ" "ɪ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ ʜᴇʀ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ɪɴ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡᴀʏ." - ᴛᴀᴛɪᴀɴᴀ In which, A young girl named Tatiana grows emotionally attached to her ex, Kentrell, even though their relationship was unhealthy and toxic for both parties. She feels as though her loneliness and heartbreak comes from the feeling that Kentrell has moved on and is with 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. She knows their relationship was bad for her, but the connection still feels special and addictive. She feels 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 on him. She's trying to convince herself that she is over the relationship while clearly she's still emotionally trapped in it.

in which, zoey becomes kentrell's second wife.

At twenty-three, Genesis Duvétt is building a name for herself one booking at a time-managing her little brother's rising music career while trying to keep her own heart out of the industry's mess. But Chicago wasn't part of the plan... and neither was Saint Bennett. Feared by many, loved by few, Saint is a rising rapper with money, power, and a past that taught him one thing-either you hunt, or you get killed. What starts as strictly business quickly turns into stolen glances, late-night sessions, jealous lovers, and feelings neither of them can afford. Because in Saint's world, once he wants something; ... he won't stop until it's his. "I'ma make you mine... just watch." "Stop saying that, Saint."

𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 wants out of the streets. landing a role in kentrell's viral music video changes everything-but stepping into his world of fame and danger might cost her more than she bargained for.

18 year old Nevaeh has always played by the rules. But rules don't matter when Kentrell Gaulden enters the room-Miami's most feared drug kingpin, manipulative, untouchable, and impossible to resist. Soft, cautious, and loyal, Nevaeh should run... but she doesn't. And in his world, no one stays innocent for long.

thuggin at its finest, murder at a all time high. hustlin at its finest, all my life i been tryna get it right - I don't need you up and leaving me, i need you here, oh i, pray on my knees at night so the angels see. I am not who they sayin i am. for mature audiences only!

Can you be the one help me leave all these hoes? Can you help me stop passin' my body 'round?

hurtin' deeply inside.