"I don't know how to do this." He was almost embarrassed to admit it. "I ain't been right with you in a long time, but I'm gon' ask anyway. Please don't take her from me." His plea cracked something open inside of his chest. "I know I ain't a good man. I done did some shit that I can't take back and I can't make it right. But she is, she's good. She's the light in so many places I didn't know were dark." "So if there's a price that needs to be paid for all the pain that I have caused in this word and done onto others put it on me. I'll pay it. I swear I will. I'll protect her with my last breath. I'll listen and heed her warnings. I'll slow down and come home more and stop thinking that I'm alone in this world." "Just please let my baby wake up. I love her, I'm in love with her and I can't do this without her. If waking her up means I got to sacrifice letting her go so she can be safe. I'll do that. Just don't take her from this earth." "In Jesus name I pray. Amen."

One summer. One mistake. One year of pretending it never happened. Rhea Collins thought leaving Florida would bury the night the ocean almost took her life. She was wrong. A year later, an anonymous message proves the past doesn't drown - it watches. Someone knows what happened on the water. Someone knows her name. Someone wants to talk. As fear resurfaces and secrets tighten their grip, Rhea is forced to confront the truth she and her friends agreed to silence. Because the worst part isn't being followed. It's realizing the summer they survived never actually ended. Some secrets don't stay buried. They wait.

𖥔 ݁ ˖⋆ ˚❆ 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⋆❆˚｡₊⊹ ────── CHRISTMAS HEART ───── 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙷 𝙰𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙸 𝚇 𝙺𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚆𝙽 𝖨𝖭 𝖶𝖧𝖨𝖢𝖧 : 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋. 𝖺 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋. 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄, 𝗅𝗎𝗑𝗎𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝖺𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝖽. 𝗄𝖺𝗂𝗓𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾'𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋. 𝖺 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖾, 𝖾𝗑𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌. 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝖼𝗒 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝖼

Sessions & Secrets is a raw, emotional journey of grief, healing, temptation, and self-discovery. It explores the messy reality of caring for others while struggling to guard your own heart, and the complications that arise when two worlds-one controlled, one chaotic-collide in the most unexpected of ways.

Book 2 of Blessings.

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/ˈemˌpī(ə)r/ noun noun: empire; plural noun: empires Building a foundation, a team, a generational wealth, a legacy. An Empire.

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲.

After five years apart, Ariah Montgomery and Najeer Porter find themselves back in the same city, picking up their friendship where they left off. But as familiar laughs and late-night talks turn into something neither of them expected, they're forced to question if things between them have truly stayed the same, or if something unspoken has been there all along.

Eight years ago, Rae Mitchell left Glencoe, Georgia without a goodbye. No note, no explanation, just a suitcase full of ambition and a heart too full to stay. She was supposed to outrun the memories. The whispers. And especially Khalil Reed, the boy who once made her believe in forever. But now she's back. Her grandmother's unexpected fall pulls her home, and with no job, no apartment, and a scandal she's still trying to forget, Rae has nowhere else to go. Glencoe hasn't changed, but Rae has. And so has Khalil. Once her first love, now the man she ghosted, Khalil isn't interested in forgiveness or small talk. He's running a business, raising his teenage sister, and trying not to care that Rae's name still hits him like it used to. In a town where everyone remembers who you used to be, Rae must confront what she left behind-family, friendship, and the one person who never stopped waiting for her to come home. But some wounds don't stay buried. Some love never really leaves. And some promises are made to be broken... until they aren't.