In the realm where shadows reign and secrets lie,
A prophecy whispers, soaring high in the sky.
From the blood-soaked lands, a tale will rise,
Where the moon weeps and the dark truth flies.
"Within the night of lunar's full embrace,
Two souls entwined in a perilous chase.
Bandit brother, bound in loyalty's chain,
A choice awaits, a rift to disdain.
Shadowed siblings, by fate entwined,
One seeks redemption, the other's mind confined.
Under the blood moon's crimson glow,
Shall the heart's truth finally show.
The rogue, whose past stains his path with despair,
Yearns to rise from the banditry's lair.
His brother's kin, a bond he'll test,
In the realm where their destinies wrest.
A vengeful warrior with wrath-filled eyes,
Wields a sword, seeking her people's cries.
Vendetta fuels her fiery quest,
To bring the bandits to their behest.
An enigmatic leader, cloaked in might,
Shrouded in darkness, veiled from sight.
His schemes entwined in shadows deep,
In the land where the moon's secrets keep.
Rise and fall, in shadows' dance,
Decisions made, at the fate's advance.
Betrayal's whispers, loyalty's clash,
In a realm where moonlit horrors flash.
For when the night is at its peak,
Their choices made, truth they'll seek.
Beneath the moon's haunting glow,
Shall destiny's seeds finally sow.
Beware the omen, heed the call,
For fate's threads weave, binding all.
In the land where bandits reign,
Shall the prophecy's words abstain."
Thus, the verse foretells of a tangled fate,
Of choices made and the path they'll take.
Under the moon's foreboding light,
Shall the tale of bandits unfold in the night.
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.