"Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all" - Alfred, Lord Tennyson "Find Your Way Back" ©2020 Is under direct ownership of me, the author. Theft or plagiarism is STRICTLY prohibited. For copyright purposes, I DO NOT own ALL media such as photos, videos, and music found throughout the story. Highest rank: #1 in Keithpowers

Everybody's like He's no item, Please don't like em, He don't wife em, He one nights em, I never listened No, I shoulda figured though, All that shit you was spittin' So unoriginal, But it was you So I was with it, Then tell you the truth, Wish we never did it . These are the lyrics Malaysia faces everyday as she gets closer and closer to August Alsina. Will they be true or just another voice inside her head? Just when you think nothing can get any worse than it already is, you realize it can.

Aaron Turner had come to terms with his bisexuality at the age of fifteen. His first real relationship was with the man he'd always wanted and it was something he'd never wanted to end. But like most teenage relationships it didn't last long and they eventually went their separate still holding a soft spot for one another but the timing just was never right. Now, at the age of twenty one Aaron is in college, he has the money and the looks but it never felt like enough. After a chance encounter with his first love - Moses a kingpin on the rise, things take a turn for the worst when they can't resist each other and precede to mess around not caring who they hurt in the process. It was like an addiction and once they got in too deep it was to late to go back. Aaron didn't think about the outcome, but the aftershock of messing with a married drug dealer when lots of lives and relationships are involved is more than just messy especially when things turn deadly.

"Don't ever leave me again" With age comes responsibility, some comes sooner than for others. Being in a family filled with drugs and murder it's only normal to follow in the footsteps of those before you. With old beefs growing more and more deadly the family is more divided then ever. Everything comes at a cost and karma is very much real, it just hits in different ways. With the Jamaican cartel thriving in the drug world and deemed untouchable an old beef between Moriah and Kaine seems to be growing out of control leaving people stuck in the middle. New York also has stepped in to the feud when it's leader grows power hungry forcing sides to be chosen, their motto is 'Death Before Dishonor'. Ajani and Kaine's love story might be officially over, especially when mistakes are made and the past comes to light and sides are chosen out of lies and deceit. When it's all said and done only one side will remain and the California organization you all have grown to love might have just met its match.

Book Four, must read books 1-3 "It's all bout who you know, street ties mean everything love" Ajani Powell now Fourteen was raised in Jamaica with her younger brother very aware of her father and her families street life but she preferred to keep to herself spending time studying and keeping her brother in check. Being one of the oldest of the next generation the family business is hanging on Ajani's shoulders and she's forced to make a tough choice, she could either fix her families mistakes or keep the cycle of violence going to keep her families legacy alive. When her father and mother make the decision that Jamaica is no longer safe for their family they move back to California unbeknownst to them that Cali may not be the same or as safe as they think it is with a feud growing between two young men with very different ideas for the drug world and Ajani is stuck right in the middle of it all. Little did everyone know this feud would soon turn into the most deadliest turf war the state of California has ever seen and would go down in history.

Sequel to Blood Line. "I love you more than Ive ever loved something and as much as it hurts to say goodbye, I have to because you deserve better than this" Alijah Scott, the fifteen year old daughter of Jade and Ivory has been living under the radar with Silas,her "Father". Unknown to Silas is the fact that Ivory survived that shooting nearly fifteen years ago and has missed most of her daughters life. When Silas feels like he needs a new scenery he decided to move his family back to California where it all started. But it's not just him and Alijah anymore, there's also Zaire. Alijah's seventeen year old best friend who's been living with them since he was eight. Jade and O are also running one of the biggest drug empires the state of California has ever seen, The brothers are deemed untouchable. While Jade still holds a grudge against Silas for taking his daughter away it turns into an all out turf war between old friends. Alijah also finds herself falling for two drug dealers in training with a dark pasts, while trying to escape her own troubles. When the secrets and lies finally come out and the truth is learned the empire and family everyone's worked so hard to keep might crumble to the ground, and Alijah's first romance may crumble along with it before it's even had a chance to start

She can only hope that someone will come around and change her perspective on this thing called life before its to late.

Sonder Definition : ( n ) A realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own

August Alsina, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Plies, Kelly Rowland, etc. Fan fic Read at your own risk. All Rights Reserved © @TheeMatriarch I do not own any picture used in this book. The creative @ChroniclesofSabrina made my cover.

August is just a rich boy that lives in the hood, temporarily. He has a hard time fitting in since all he ever known was expensive. What happens when his mom hires a maid to clean the house and the maid is a ghetto hood chick from August's school? Blue is the definition of a hustler. She has to raise her sister alone while her step dad is the drug dealer in these streets and her mom is dead. Blue actually lives a hard life. But all people see are her full lips, wide hips, long braids, and pretty face. No one is ever interested in the ghetto!