In an ancient world; crafted out of the juxtaposition between the mind, body and SOUL- all of the qualities that allow one to exist in the first place... coming together to form the force that is "magic". Exempt from all logical ties, existing as the anomaly that all wants to seek for themselves; in the wake of a golden age between HUMANITY, was the culmination of all the remnants of being- that being MONSTERs. In an attempt to have all the phenomenon of "POWER" to themselves; they've seized any sort of MONSTER they could have to dissect and comprehend what was once the incomprehensible. Although, wholly resulted in the war that HUMANITY won out of their own ingenuity and technological prowess; fueled by their HATE out of the loss of comrades, arised the paranormal force they've yearned for so bad. Using this... they've sealed all of MONSTERKIND within a mountain dubbed CUISM; leaving them to rot in a tomb that was capable to fit all of their race, in-reality, it served as a foreign landscape, one where magic prospered in a contained and blissful environment.
Ultimately, another world shaped by the mysticism of the magic; unbounded by the constraints that the "human" world held. A new "realm"; one that allowed MONSTER's to prosper in what was to humanity, indefinite silence. Adding on a "BARRIER" that disconnected both worlds from eachother, making the ability of detectivity and potential journalism- cease to exist; no one could get in or out. However, an anomaly seemed to break the system as a whole; one that wasn't even meant to exist in the first place, whom was intertwined with magic on such a level that it made them more MONSTER then a HUMAN could ever be. Driven by their own AMBITIONs to change the world on their own whims, as their own only proved as an impossibility for them to fix; in another world, where they could potentially prosper and give others "purpose" in a place where it seemed inexistent.
May they all bless you; raison d'être.
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.