| 𝐚𝐡 • 𝐠𝐚𝐡 • 𝐩𝐚𝐲 | 𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞; 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ | ᴍᴀʏ 𝟾 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸 ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ | ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ 𝟸𝟺 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

"Been about you, since I met you and imma keep it that way" You're special to me. You're the only one who I wouldn't mind losing sleep for, the only one who I can never get tired of talking to, and the only one who crosses my mind constantly throughout the day. You're the only one who can make me smile without trying, bring down my mood without the intention to and affect my emotions with every action of yours. I can't explain with just words how much you mean to me, but you're the only one I'm afraid of losing and the one I want to keep in my life. So, please don't leave me. ~April 18, 2021 ~July 21, 2021 Rankings: #4 in mentaldisorder 9/16/2021 #6 in highschoolsweethearts 9/16/2021 #38 in urban 9/16/2021 #14 in blacklove 9/16/2021 #5 in angerissues 9/16/2021 #12 in urbanromance 9/16/2021 #3 in bwbm 9/16/2021 #20 in contemporarylit 9/16/2021 #29 in urbanstory 9/16/2021 #2 in africanamerican 9/16/2021

❝𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝖮𝖴𝖳 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝖱𝖮𝖠𝖣, 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝖢𝖮𝖭𝖳𝖱𝖮𝖫.❞ 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 | 𝟰/𝟳 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 | 𝟰/𝟵 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 |

"How can I...free my mind?"

𝘚𝘗𝘐𝘕 𝘖𝘍𝘍 𝘖𝘍 𝘍𝘙𝘖𝘔 "𝘉𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘋"

Nailah's life is shattered when she witnesses her abusive father, Malik, being shot by her mother in an act of self-defense. As they flee, Nailah grapples with trauma, complicated relationships, and growing feelings for Qui, a gang member. As the story progresses, twists reveal a deeper struggle, culminating in a mind-bending plot twist where Nailah realizes everything was a dream-a manifestation of her mind's attempt to cope with the trauma of her past. The story explores themes of survival, love, and resilience. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄'𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 -𝑻.𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡! 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝐾𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒! 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠!

You keep me open I'm so devoted to you.

Love, loss, obstacles, passion, strength, test of times,

❝𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐯𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. ❞ ❝𝐘𝐞𝐚, 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐦𝐚. ❞