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"It's irritating me. I've already seen you." He said, finally.
"What?"
"Your disguise."
Then leave, I said in my head, but wisely stayed silent. That seemed to irk him even more. In the blink of an eye, he was out of his seat and behind mine. The next thing I knew, the claw clip that was holding my hair back was in his hand, letting my curls loose once more, and this time, wrapped around Mr. Volkov's fingers. For the second time today, I froze up completely, feeling his breath on my neck, as his fingers caressed my hair. I knew I was breathing hard. I knew I should say something. I only had to find my voice...
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My name is Sylvina Queen. But that was not my name eleven years ago.
Once upon a time I was the weird, sarcastic, nerdy girl with a best friend that everyone mistook for my boyfriend. But boyfriends, or relationships, or even love was never on my agenda. I was the girl who everyone tended to avoid at school and that was okay. That was my normal.
But that feels like another lifetime now, and she, a different person. As I smile at my reflection on the blades of my knives, I wonder if she had even an inkling of the darkness inside her that I do now, or the slightest idea of what I am capable of.
I am Sylvina Queen. And this is my story.
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Started: 27/4/2021
Completed: 29/9/2021
A ragtag gang of teens teams up with a neighboring girl gang when a major cartel moves into town, threatening their families, their turf, and the community they've worked so hard to protect.
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Cash West formed the Seven 20s - a gang of six overzealous teens with guns - to keep his tiny, crime-infested town in nowhere California safe. His methods are unorthodox and frankly illegal, but the town loves his Robin Hood heroics. However, the gang gets more than they bargained for when the Mendoza cartel rolls into town, determined to knock them off the map. As the threat hits closer to home, Cash has no choice but to team up with his ex-girlfriend Tiana's neighboring girl gang, the Hearts of Spades. Soon allies become enemies, families get trapped in the crossfire, and romance brews as Cash fights to unravel a massive conspiracy that puts everyone that matters to him at risk. When the stakes are life and death, will the gangs be able to overcome an enemy more powerful than any of them could have predicted?
Book One of The Seven Twenties Series
Content and Trigger Warning: contains violence, drug use, mentions of domestic abuse, and mature themes.