Vincent: Finding Eve at a party on my college campus was the last thing I expected. Letting her go again isn't an option this time. Juggling the life I want with the one I was born into may be near impossible, but for her, it's a risk I'm willing to take. Eve: Finally at a prestigious university -- I've left the darkness of the Blue Houses behind. But Vincent is here. He's king of the school, complete with a society princess by his side. I thought...

As the bus approaches my stop on the Lower East Side, I raise the hood of my black sweatshirt. Anonymity is key in my neighborhood-particularly as a lone female walking at night. All I want is to leave my crime-ridden shadow of a home in New York City. I've done everything I can to keep my head down and focus on my studies. College is my only goal; love has never been on the map . . . That is, until my sister brings me to an underground fight, where...