After the bill, every state in America is chopped up and diveded into provinces.
Nalia Jacobs lives in what used to be the east side of California, renamed Demic, a provincial, dim-witted town. Unfortuantely, things in Demic aren’t all fun and games. A mysterious gang called the Kaito run the streets, taking girls and forcing them into labor or even prostitution. Nalia doesn’t think it’s as bad as her parents make it out to be and, tired of being locked away in her room, distrusted by her emotionally draining family, she sneaks out to go to a party with her friends. When her best friend is taken by the only boy who’s ever noticed her, she’s thrown into a world of lust, violence, beautiful women and distrusted servants.
In a world where girls are seen as either objects of pleasure or permanent trophies, a world where money rules over everything else, Nalia is determined to escape the hold the Kaito has on her, find her best friend, and take down the Kaito. But will falling in love with its leader put a dent in her plans? Could she destroy the only thing he lives for?
Betrayal. Greed. Lust. They’re all much to common in a world filled with wicked games.
'Life never ends in a happy ending. . . I don't know why I expected one.'
Demi Alvaro is not one to be messed with. It's as simple as that.
She's tough, feisty, and what she wants, she gets. No questions asked.
Her well known motto 'Don't ever mess with me' is what everyone fears. Everyone but the one and only Lucas Miller. While he blackmails her with every chance he gets, there's a haunting past that he tries hard to avoid and a secret identity no one knows about. Just who is the real Lucas and what is his story?
Stuck between a suspicious tumblr looking crush and a badboy ex best friend who once nearly ended her life, she soon figures that the wisest option in life, is to trust no one but yourself.
"Now I know why they call it a crush... It's because we're blinded by foolish love that has no chance of being real other than an end result of a crushed heart."
Everyone has reasons behind their actions, only some can understand the true emotions behind them.
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#100 - teen fiction - 12/03/16
First published- October 27 2014
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