A Hustlers Passion

ZQ never had a childhood - the streets stole that from him early.
At fourteen, he avenged his mother's death and paid for it with six years behind bars. Now twenty and back on the block, he's trying to survive the only way he knows how: hustling, grinding, and keeping his heart locked behind the same walls that once held him.

But passion doesn't care about the rules of the streets.

When someone unexpected slips past his defenses, ZQ is forced to confront the parts of himself he's spent years burying - the grief, the anger, the loneliness, and the quiet hope he swore he didn't need. As loyalty is tested and danger closes in, he learns that love can be a lifeline... or the very thing that gets you killed.

In a world built on survival, ZQ must decide whether passion is his escape - or his downfall.