Boston, Massachusetts; the first blackout city in the United States after the anti-technology revolution. Anti-technology cult radicals took over the city, and instead of dealing with them, the government closed it off, declaring Boston as a 'blackout zone'. No technology, machinery, or advanced devices permitted. Avel Vysotsky will do anything for money. He's Boston's famed moneylender, a loan shark, and he will do anything to collect what's his. Those living in the blackout zone have named him 'King of the Rats' because his methods are dirty, but his intelligence is sharp. He hides in the shadows, always waiting, always watching to get what he's owed. Sterling Fakara is a hired hand. His skills in combat outmatch most, and he's not subtle about it. When Avel hires him to be his own personal 'guard dog', Sterling jumps at the chance, because what Avel doesn't know, is that Sterling is an undercover cop, on a mission to rid the blackout parts of the country from crime before it begins to bleed out of the blackout zones. When a new moneylender suddenly appears in Avel's territory, an all-out war breaks loose. Avel refuses to make room for any other lenders, he never did like sharing, and Sterling decides to stick with Avel, wanting to take down both lenders at once. Both Avel and Sterling are greedy for two different things, and Sterling quickly realizes the effects of Boston, and of a blackout zone in general. With every day he spends with Avel, his morality twists into greed, and it isn't long before Avel's grip on him begins to change his desires for the worse.

She thought she knew the world she came from. She was wrong. After her father's death, Valerie is forced into the darkness he kept hidden from her. As the truth unfolds, so does the man who has always stood just beyond her reach. And this time, there is no going back.

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐦. . . . There are things you're taught not to do. Rules you're told to follow. People you're meant to forget. Flora never planned to end up here, but after one too many mistakes, her life dives for rock bottom. Now, she's trapped in a world she doesn't understand, haunted by a past she can't outrun. And at the center of it all stands the boy she'd sworn to forget. What once was fate, fractures into an illusion and twist into something dangerously evil. They were kids together. Friends together. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵. She's new. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵. She's fresh meat. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. What happens when they reunite? Secrets unfold. Chaos runs free. And the line between love and ruin sharpens into a thin blade, as history proves to repeat itself in its cruelest form. A girl. A boy. And a mad house that feeds on sin. There's no place to hide here. You can run, but you'll never get away. "𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺." 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲

Rabid is what they are. The Scott family are as powerful as they are rich. They have more money than most could count too, and enough fame to place their names in the history books. In an unfortunate circumstance, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, gave birth to a son; Ezra Scott. He's the definition of spoiled. With life's luxuries handed to him on a silver platter, he's never been told he can't have what he wants. He's dated more than a dozen women at a time, despite being fresh out of his teen years. He's irresponsible, he's reckless, and he believes he lives to have fun. Ezra's family's fame depends on him to pass university and take over the family business. That's fine. He is certain university would be just as easy to graduate as highschool was -when he'd pay other students to do his work for him. So, what happens when Ezra locks eyes with none other than Olivia Brooks; a girl just lucky to have been accepted to a prestige school along with Ezra, and soon finds himself falling in love with her despite all the times he has publicly humiliated, and bullied her before? Will she accept him, or for the first time in his life will he work for something he wants, after being told the word he's never been told before; 'no'.