Gangland

Leo Sullivan, Porscha Sterling

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• Urban Books

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• Publié par: Sullivan Group Publishing, LLC
• Date de parution: 27 août 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781946789624
• Langue: English

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eISBN: 978-1-946789-26-6
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Contents



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Synopsis

Warning


Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14


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Synopsis

At 17-years-old, Star can’t wait to graduate so that she can make it out the Southside. With dreams of making it big, she is already on the right track to a new life after building a following by doing make-up tutorials and posting sexy photos of herself on her Instagram page. Though a good girl, she’s infatuated with the violent and merciless street king, Polo, the head of the city’s most notorious gang. She wants nothing more than to help him drop his current girl so that she can be the woman in his life. But Star gets more than she bargained for when a series of events lead her to not only be Polo’s main chick but forces her to be the leader of the female counterpart to his gang.
Tragedy strikes when Star’s own dope fiend of a mother robs Polo’s trap house and the act sends Mink, Polo’s baby brother, and Kato, Polo’s right-hand man, blasting right through Star’s front door. When the night ends with Kato shot and Mink murdered at Star’s hands, Polo demands to know who is responsible for killing his brother but she quickly covers her own tracks to save herself from his wrath.
Unfortunately, Star doesn’t know there is a witness to her crime. Kato, who she thought she’d killed is actually alive and in a coma fighting for his life. When he suddenly awakes, Star is afraid that her fate will be sealed as soon as he tells how Mink really died. However, Kato is not the same man that he was before and things between the two quickly begin to change. When sparks fly and Star feels she’s found true love in the one man she thought she hated more than anyone on Earth, will the real truth of her lies come to light and ruin it all?
This is the first part of a series written not for the faint at heart. Brace yourselves for a story of love, loyalty and survival on Chicago's Southside.
Warning

This book contains bad language, violence and some explicit sex scenes. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
This is a cautionary tale. In no way do the authors promote or condone acts of violence, rape, gang activity or any criminal activity that may be illustrated within this novel.
Prologue

There are consequences to falling for a thug. It’s not all glitz, glamor, fast cars, and stunting on the city while standing next to a man who is both respected and feared just as much as he’s loved… but no one ever talks about that. No one ever talks about the not so good side of being in love with a man who has made a name in the streets based off his aggression, carelessness, and propensity to be violent. No one speaks about the emotional toll that comes with loving a man like that to the point that you may be the one to turn his heart warm after years of it being so cold.
There is a dark side that many don’t see, because very few have the courage to share the tale of what it’s really like to be in love with a man who was never taught to love in the first place. It’s not all good, and it’s not all full of spontaneous fun. And no one knew this fact better than Star, who had not only fallen in love with one thug but two .
“Why you lookin’ at me like that? Is it the scar?”
Star cut her eyes away from Kato’s face and looked down at her trembling hands. The man she loved with her whole heart was sitting right in front of her, and she was holding a secret so terrible that simply thinking about it made her stomach twist up into painful knots. Today was the day that Kato would be released from the hospital. It should have been a happy day, something worthy of a celebration, but with every day that passed, Kato came closer and closer to a full recovery, and Star was hit with the realization that once he remembered the day that he’d gotten the ugly scar on the side of his face and who was actually responsible for putting it there, her life would be over. There was no way he would allow her to take another breath once he found out the truth.
“It’s not the scar,” she assured him, forcing out a smile.
Although a nice gesture, her lips were tense around the edges, and even Kato could see that it was strained. Stepping forward, she ran her finger over the scar on the side of his face. It was a miracle that after such a life-threatening injury to the head, this was all the evidence left behind. Even with it, Kato’s sexiness wasn’t any less. His strength showed in his face, even in his weakest moments. And then there were those peculiar green eyes…
Star had to blink a few times and then glance away to keep her mind from delving into her secret forbidden fantasies and return to the present.
“I’m just happy that you finally get to leave. You recovered so fast after coming out of the coma…”
That I put you in , she completed to herself.
Her eyes lowered in shame, and she swallowed hard, hoping her guilt didn’t show in her face. She was the one who had held the gun and fired the bullet that nearly killed him and placed him into a coma that stole a large part of his memory. Back then, she hated him—she had wanted him to die—but this was not the same Kato from before.
During the past few weeks that she’d spent by his bedside, nursing him into the person he was today, her feelings had changed. Their moments together moved her from repulsion to admiration of the man he was, and now she was helplessly in love. She didn’t want to admit it, but she couldn’t see her life without him… These days, he was nearly the only thing that made her life worth living.
However, he was remembering more and more about his past every day. What would happen when he realized that she had almost killed him—had actually tried and was in fact disappointed after finding out that she’d failed? Would the killer in him return to the surface? Would he turn the gun on her and end her life instead?
“I don’t wanna talk about that shit anymore,” Kato said, dismissing her with a slight wave of his hand. “I’m just ready to get back to doing what I do. This laying in the bed shit ain’t for me.”
Star paused, looking away while collecting her thoughts, and he watched her intensely, reading her body language. He knew her well enough to know that something was off, but he wasn’t exactly sure about what it was. Looking at her arms, he noted the ill-covered bruises on her skin and wanted to ask her about them, but he immediately shook the thought away, knowing that it wasn’t his place. Star was Polo’s girl, and Polo was not only his best friend, but he was the leader of the Gangster Disciples, the gang he’d pledged his life and loyalty to.
Kato’s feelings were already too much involved, and he had to be careful not to cross the line with Star any more than he already had. Although he hadn’t asked her directly, he was suspicious that Polo was responsible for the markings he’d seen on her body as well as her sudden change from the confident, outspoken, and fiery woman that she’d been into the quiet, nearly silent, timid, and almost childlike person she was now. Her light used to shine so bright that you could pick up on her aura about a mile away. Now, she was only a shell of herself, so cautious about her actions, so careful about her words, and so apologetic about the simplest things. He didn’t like it, and he wanted to bring the gangsta back out of her, but she wasn’t his, and he couldn’t interfere… at least not in the way he wished.
Sighing, he made a move to stand to his feet and staggered slightly, losing his balance. In a flash, Star was on him, wrapping her arms around his waist to steady him.
His body tensed. Just the feel of her touch froze the blood in his veins.
Shit… nigga, you’re trippin’ , he chastised himself. His reaction to her was incredulous even to him; he’d never responded this way to any woman.
“You should let me help you,” she said, but he nudged her gently back, shaking his head.
“Not necessary. I’m a little shaky, but I got this. I’m a muthafuckin’ G, remember?” he asked with a teasing half-smile to put her at ease after seeing her flinch from being pushed away.
Star looked into his face and felt her cheeks start to flame, but she did as he asked