Pushing himself from the door Gulian neared her, standing in front of her. "I want you to stop seeing 𝙝𝙞𝙢, that's what I want." Kyomi scoffed as she shook her head. "Why would I stop doing that? Just 'cause you call yourself asking nicely?"

Zyrielle versus Calloway turns the Florida keys into tunes.

"Ju, I can't take anymore heartbreaks..." "You ain't gotta run I'm here to help you..." --- "Every bond comes with a price, some more than others..." "What you understand, I don't have to explain..."

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

SO FAR GONE describes a state or person that has deteriorated, drifted, or progressed to such a bad point that recovery or change is unlikely.

Mylaina "Lai" Sade makes a living cleaning up death. As a crime scene cleaner in Chicago, she's used to blood, bullet holes, body outlines, and rooms most people couldn't stand in for more than five minutes. Her job is simple: show up after the police clear the scene, clean what's left behind, and ask no questions. Until one cleanup feels wrong. The call came through the official police line. The paperwork looked real. Everything said Lai was supposed to be there. Still, something about the scene won't leave her alone, and her questions lead her straight to the biker bar where Romell "Reaper" Cross and his crew are known to be. Reaper is Chicago trouble in black leather. A biker, an enforcer, and the kind of man people warn you about before lowering their voice. When Lai walks into his world looking for answers, he clocks her immediately, takes her to the back, questions who sent her, and keeps her ID as a warning. Lai thinks Reaper is the problem. But the real danger is Tobias Lewis, a dirty cop working both sides. After Tobias tries to double-cross Reaper, one of Reaper's brothers catches on and gets killed for it. Then Tobias drags Lai deeper into the mess by taking her twelve-year-old brother and forcing her to clean the blood he left behind. Now the man she swore was the villain might be the only one willing to burn Chicago down to bring her brother home.

"𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘, 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄? 𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄." Dejah Champagne has always believed sweetness solves everything until the Santiago name walks through the doors of her bakery. Tony Santiago isn't just any customer. He's a mechanic with oil on his hands, a kingpin with weight on his shoulders, and the last man she should ever let close. Their families' blood runs thick with betrayal, and everyone in their world knows the two names don't mix. But Tony keeps coming back. For cupcakes, for chai... for her. His quiet persistence chips away at Dejah's resolve until one yes changes everything. What begins as a dangerous flirtation soon unravels into something deeper, something Dejah never thought she could feel. Yet love is never simple when loyalty is a battlefield. When Dejah's family discovers the truth and Tony's fear of commitment collides with the weight of his empire, they'll both have to decide: is their bond strong enough to survive the sins of their families, or will history tear them apart for good? Sweet meets street, sugar meets steel, and nothing will ever taste the same.