{ Book 1 of the Marino Series } "Don't ever walk alone." My mother once said. Well, about that... I might've walked alone & witnessed a brutal murder. If it isn't the consequences of my own actions... I witnessed a murder & now I've gained a stalker, a man who's dangerous & a psychopath. Well a sexy psychopath. Emilio Marino. READ!!👇🏾 !Warning! This story contains, violence, smut, A LOT OF NAMING CALLING, humor & death. If you cannot handle neither of these, do not read stink🧍🏽‍♀️. Started: 09/05/22 Finished: 03/09/23

She built her world on attention. Raya is a rising streamer-beautiful, sharp, and always in control. Online, she dominates. In-game, she never loses. And when it comes to men? She plays them better than any system she's mastered. But behind the screen, something's missing. Then he joins her lobby. No thirst. No chasing. No need to impress. Just precision. Control. Silence. Dorian doesn't play for attention. He plays to win. What starts as a simple co-op... becomes something else. A system. Levels. Rules. And Raya quickly realizes- She's not the one in control anymore. This isn't just a connection. It's a system. And she's already too far in to quit. 🎮 Trophy Player Some games aren't meant to be won.

I cupped her face, planting a soft kiss on her beautiful lips. "Don't ever run from me, baby," I said softly, letting my thumb trace her jaw. "I love the chase." Her jaw tightened, her hands coming up to try and move mine. "Stop calling me baby, Ezra," she snapped, eyes flashing. I couldn't help but grin, dropping my voice to something low and dark. "Ohhh, now my baby has a problem with me calling her baby?" She shot me a glare, but I just tucked her hair behind her ear, pressing another kiss to her lips-gentler this time, lingering. "You don't get to tell me what to call you, baby." I leaned in closer, brushing my nose against hers. "You're whatever the fuck I call you."

ᝰ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏɴʟʏ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴊᴏɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɪᴅᴇʀꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘʜᴇʀᴇ-ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ, ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟᴇꜱꜱ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴʀᴀᴠᴇʟ, ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀɪᴏʀɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜱᴇᴀᴛ. ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴᴇʀꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ? ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ, ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜱᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ? ᝰ. ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ᴍᴀɴɢᴀ ꜱᴘᴏɪʟᴇʀꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴅɪᴠᴇʀɢᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ⓘ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ʙᴇ ᴀᴅᴠɪꜱᴇᴅ: ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʙꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴜꜱᴇ, ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪꜱᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ (enjin x fem!reader) - art by the talented @lynuyu