Promise Walker was sheltered, sweet, and way too innocent for the world Dave East ruled. She heals kids for a living. He breaks men for a living. They were never meant to meet- But when soft meets savage, nothing stays the same.

Dreux Brown came from a sheltered upbringing with a family full of history and secrets, none of which she was privy to. Her parents had retired from their past sins but not before she was scarred by some of the people they wanted to leave behind. Now at twenty she is just starting to get her feet wet in the strange and cruel streets of the Florida underground. The thrill of not knowing what comes next is what excited her, not the danger of the drugs and the hitmen . Dreux slowly finds herself falling into the addictive lifestyle when she sets her sights on Trevon Anderson the most enigmatic of them all. Dreux finds her loyalty and life on the line when she finds herself having to decide between family or her sanity.

23 year old Morgan Bellamy has tunnel vision. She works tirelessly to take care of the people she loves, putting their needs before her own, until she meets someone who put her first. The eye of the storm, a moment of peace, a breath of calm. While she felt like everything was crashing down around her, he was her exhale.

"And it doesn't matter how much time passed or how much time will pass-it's him. It always has been him and it always will be him...I just don't know how to tell him," When it's more than a like, and they're more than a friend. When they know you better than you know yourself and just the thought of them is all you need to put a smile on your face-telling your best friend you're in love with them should be simple. Right?

one-shots and short stories (aka; how astoldbylani got her groove back)

"Your heart has no concept of time, if it wants to move on, it will. With or without you,"

"I promise-I don't care how hard it's gonna be or how long it takes because when it's my time, when I'm up and it's my turn to fly, I'm taking you to the sky with me, I can't do it without you," They never expected it to happen this way. It seemed like fate had a hand in pulling the two together, and once they felt each other's hand, they didn't want to let go.

"You trust me?" he asked, eyes turning soft once they made contact. "Maj, I-I-" "I said do you trust me, Lucky?" he repeated, voice hard. "...yes," she breathed out, and his next words came without hesitation, sending a chill down her spine. "Then shoot."

"Don't worry baby, you know that you got me," Sequel/Spinoff for Kismet

kis·met /ˈkizmit,ˈkizˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. how do you know when you've met your soulmate?