After her parents' death, she hopped from foster home to foster home. Simone, a 22 year old woman, was caught in the fast life of gangs, drugs, and violence at the age of thirteen. Having streets smarts and a fearless attitude she was on her own until she found a good friend, Damon, who showed her the ways of a gangster. Over the span of nine years, she became the most loyal and respected female of the infamous gang in California, Ace Lords. Along side Treyvon, who is the head gangster. He has been trying to get with Simone for years, but she doesn't have the patience for someone such as Treyvon. There's no time for relationships in the fast life. Then comes a gang from across the world, Criminalz Crew. The two gangs try to make a deal, but leave it up for Treyvon to destroy the whole agreement. This starts a war between the two, and it also sparks up an internal conflict in Simone. Will she remain a ride or die for the Ace Lords, or will she turn her back on her only family...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost I was the one to travel the road less traveled by. I was the one to go against the grain and stand out in a crowd. I had to in a school full of talented students. But what I didn't know was that I had broke the 'Code of Honor' doing so. A code made by a bunch of people who can no longer do an arabesque without popping their hip out of place. Since I broke that 'Code of Honor' too many times, I was expelled. "I cannot have your 'kind' pollute the 'purity' of their talent." Five years later and I still haven't forgetten what Quincy Alexander said to me. And just that one sentence has fueled me to work harder and be the best. I have accomplished way more than what a 'normal' person would have done at my age, alongside others who I have become close to over the years. My name is Yazmeen, and it's worthless trying to be perfect...

In the year of 2212 seven infants were abducted at birth. It was an alien abduction. The Septonians to be exact. They have been known by the human race for decades. The children reappeared at the age of seven and were marked and given different elemental abilities. It has been 10 years and the International Civil Peace Alliance (I.C.P.A.) has only found and taken custody of 5 of the chosen children. As the ICPA continued to search for the remaining 2, the rest grew up in the training facility unable to see their family. Once they turn 18 they are emancipated and able to return to their family. But a few months before the oldest, Ziya, turns 18; they found the remaining two. A set of identical twins. Now that they are all united, evil forces are out to make the earth a living hell. What they don't know is that the head demon is the one keeping the Chosen captive in his personal trap a.k.a. the I.C.P.A Headquarters. Continue reading to find out....

The light is too bright: too many people watching, I hear my heartbeat thumping away within my ears; I'm suffocating and no one knows it. It's broken in half. The very last thing my mother had ever given me, and it's no more. Just a pile of wood and strings now on the floor, where I had no choice but to leave it as I'm ushered off here onto the stage. They're all watching, staring. I have nothing to distract me from their judging eyes. I can't breath. My hands are sweating; clutching onto the microphone. I bring it forwards, my lips part and nothing comes out. I'm suffocating. Their watching, judging. I close my eyes, and flashes of memories come forth like a slide show. It hurts. The memories. I'm suffocating...and then I feel hands. One taking hold of the wrist connected to the hand which held the microphone, and the other, at the small of my back. They begin to whisper in my ear. I can't hear. I'm suffocating...hands, fingers rub at my wrist and back. Words penetrate. "Breathe, we here." I want to correct them, tell them that their English is broken. But I'm sure they know that already. I try, I obey as I listening to them telling me to take deep breaths... Then you must add this book to find out what happens next won't you?

Short, sweet and seemingly normal on the outside but dangerous, stern, and intimidating behind closed doors. She had to uphold her image so she'd be able to have the upper hand. Being a girl gang leader wasn't the easiest thing, and many had managed to get the wrong idea about her, but she had to do it. Too many people were depending on her. She had too much of a responsibility now, but she wouldn't have done it any other way.

He wanted to be a star. He wanted to fade away, but then he met her. She kept him grounded. He really needed exactly what she was. There were ups and downs, but he wasn't letting her go. Especially when she was able to smother the desperate want he had to disappear. She was his rock and he was deeply in love with her. So much so, he didn't feel the need to hurt anyone or anything for fun. But best believe if something went wrong or he didn't like the way things went out, that evil side came out and she couldn't cure that. Especially if she doesn't know about it.

He was her friend. Maybe not as close as they could've been, like how close she was to his brother, but still. They were friends. She wasn't supposed to feel a certain way for him. Especially him. In her eyes, all he wanted was to sleep around all day. He didn't want a steady relationship and that's all she had ever wanted. She wanted something to call her own and looking at his behavior, he couldn't give her that. And besides, he was the twin brother to her best friend. The closest person to her. The relationship she might have with his brother could ruin the friendship they've worked on. But... She couldn't help it.

They had to get her out of there. They had to take her away from this life, under any circumstances. They couldn't just sit around and let her suffer anymore, especially after finding out... They couldn't just sit around anymore. She had people who cared about her, and even if they have to go through Hell and back to show her that and that they weren't just going to sit around and watch her go through what she does, they would. They'd do anything to take her to a better life. They'd do anything for her.

They had changed her whole life. She was used to a set things; listening to her mother, hiding her feelings, and being a puppet. She would never go against her mother, because her mother had worked so hard to get her where she was right now. She would never make it to the runway if she didn't listen to her mother. But he decided to change everything. They decided to pick up what she knew her life to be and toss it out the window and show her something different, something new. Something more than just listening to her mother and being a puppet. One showed her devoted friendship and the other showed her love.

A not so typical story of Laurent Bourgeois. He works as a detective for LAPD and has been an officer for several years. He is well respected in his field and one of the best guys on the line of defense. Sounds like the perfect life right? Well, since Laurent lost his wife and only son two years ago to a tragic "accident" he's been single ever since. The guys at work say he needs to start dating again but his main concern, is to finally crack the long time case of the Purge Killings. The main culprit of the Purge Killings is supposed to be an ongoing Serial Killer in LA that no one has ever actually seen in person, and anyone who has didn't live to say so. Laurent is in the middle of sorting out another set of murders done by the killer when out of nowhere, he runs into a long lost twin. His twin brother Larry comes to town in hopes to reconnect with Laurent as well as tie up some lose ends from their childhood. As time goes on however, Laurent comes closer and closer to cracking the case and that's when things get. Ugly. Read along to find out who's the one with a taste for blood.