His girl

[Bughead]

They were known as the core four. The most dangerous group in town.

No one ever saw one without the others. Wherever one went, the rest followed. They moved like a unit-silent, calculated, untouchable. Loyalty between them ran deeper than blood, and that alone made them more dangerous than anyone else in the city.

Rumors surrounded them like smoke. Some said they ran the entire underworld. Others claimed they were responsible for half the violence that happened in the city.

But everyone agreed on one thing-

If the Core Four were involved, someone was going to die.

Fear followed them everywhere. Every disappearance. Every body found in the dark somehow led back to them.

People knew to avoid them at all costs.

Because if you ever caught the Core Four's attention...

You wouldn't live long enough to regret it.

They had power.
Money.
Control.

Everything they wanted was already theirs.

Everything-except her.

Jughead never planned on wanting anyone. Feelings were dangerous. Attachments were weaknesses. In his world, caring about someone only gave enemies something to use against you.

But the moment he saw her, something changed.

She wasn't supposed to matter.

But she did.

And things only get worse when his most dangerous enemy sets his sights on the same girl.

She was his.

Even if she didn't know it yet.

And Jughead was ready to let the world burn before he let anyone take what belonged to him.

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Betty was just trying to survive.

Between three jobs and sleepless nights, she was barely managing to keep up with her father's overwhelming medical bills. No matter how hard she worked, it was never enough. The debt kept growing. The pressure kept tightening.

Getting involved with one was dangerous.

Getting caught between two of the most powerful people in town?

That was deadly.

And Betty had no idea that simply existing had just made her the center of a war.

Read to find out what happens when power, obsession, and survival collide.