Ravaged (Burned Inc. #2)

by Naima Simone

“It shouldn’t be an odd thing for us to compliment each other. Especially women. We should normalize straightening each other’s crown, not suspecting an ulterior motive but instead knowing I’m not going to let anyone try to knock it off.

You can’t take on other people’s shit. We have enough of our own. If we carry theirs, too, we’ll buckle under the weight.”