This short series is completed… not that Taj's story is finished. It was a glimpse, an introduction, and also, for me, a way to 'test the waters,' so based on this I am going to prepare a refreshed series, with multiple POVs, and the story unfolding in full :)
Stay with me!
Hey.
The story’s free on Amazon tomorrow and Friday.
If you’ve been circling it, now’s the time to dive in.
Heavy? Yes.
Emotionally exhausting? Also yes.
But hey—some of us call that fun. 🖤
Politics, failure, and a future built on old mistakes.
If you're here for second chances squandered, emotional depth, and morally messy characters, welcome.
🏳️🌈 Queer speculative fiction. Psychological. Slow-burn.
Heavy topics, heavy hearts.
This is not a hero’s journey.
This is the story of someone who was never allowed to be a person—
just a body. A prize. A possession.
Taj wasn’t born for power.
He was born into debt, into survival, into silence.
Fighting in the arena. Studying obsessively. Carrying his own past like a curse.
He tried everything.
And none of it mattered.
Because the world only saw his face.
Not the war inside.
This is the other side of the story.
The one Riley never really understood.
📖 Psychological. Slow-burn. Queer. Uncomfortable.
Not about revenge. Not about forgiveness.
About reclaiming self.