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Chicago doesn't play fair - not with love, not with loyalty, and definitely not with people who think they can stay out the way.
Samaria Davis always kept her head down. Smart, quiet, pretty, and careful. She's the girl who minds her business, stays with her family, and never lets the streets pull her in.
Until one rainy night puts her in the wrong place at the exact moment Von steps out of the shadows.
Von is a name the city knows.
Not a gang leader, not a rapper - just a man whose respect reaches further than his voice ever has to. Calm, unpredictable, feared without trying. Surrounded by loyalty, danger, and a crew of homeboys he'd die for.
Samaria was never supposed to meet him.
Von was never supposed to look her way.
But Chicago has a way of tying people together long before they realize they're tangled.
As Samaria gets pulled deeper into Von's world - India, Durk, Latto, and half the city watching - she starts learning the rules nobody ever explained:
Some secrets get people hurt.
Some loyalties get people killed.
And falling for someone like Von?
That's the kind of choice you don't come back from.
What happens when a girl who avoids trouble catches the eye of the one person who can't escape it?
What happens when the streets decide your fate before you do?
Love in Chicago isn't soft.
It's survival.
And Samaria is about to find out why.