''VIOLENCE.'' || Kotoni Staggs ||
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They say hate is just love twisted by pride. For Kotoni Staggs and Leyhaia Montauri, it's been war from the moment they met. He's the fiery NRL star who doesn't back down from anything. She's the sharp-tongued, fiercely loyal best friend to Patrick Carrigan and Reece Walsh - the only reason Kotoni even ends up in her orbit.
But everything shifts the night Kotoni shows up at her door. What starts as another argument between Leyhaia and her toxic boyfriend, Montoui Kahota, spirals into something darker - and ends in tragedy. One moment, one choice, and suddenly Kotoni's hands aren't just calloused from the game.
Now, Leyhaia's world is fractured between grief, guilt, and a burning resentment for the man who saved her - or destroyed her life, depending on the night. Their friend group is torn in half, the media's closing in, and under all the chaos, something deeper brews between them - something neither of them are ready to admit.
Enemies. Victims. Survivors.
In a world where loyalty can turn lethal, love might just be the most dangerous game of all.
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