Blood and Loyalty

Blood and Loyalty
By TeAma Herice

In the heart of Fort Lauderdale’s gritty underbelly, Jazmine is a teen mother turned fierce hustler, running the streets with a cold heart and a sharp mind. She didn’t choose this life — it chose her when the world turned its back. Pushed out by her family, forced to grow up fast with a baby on her hip, she learned the rules quick: trust no one, love gets you killed, and loyalty is earned in blood.

Now in her mid-twenties, Jazmine’s empire is thriving — money flows, respect follows, and the streets know her name. But everything changes when a cartel war erupts, a betrayal from within rocks her crew, and the unthinkable happens: her 7-year-old son, J.J., goes missing.

As enemies close in and alliances fracture, Jazmine must lead her crew into an all-out street war, while also confronting her past, her pain, and the possibility of a future beyond the game. Old friends resurface, new love tempts her heart, and her loyalty is tested in ways she never imagined.

This is more than a hustle. It’s survival. And for Jazmine, the streets taught her how to fight — but her son taught her why.

Blood and Loyalty is a raw, emotional, and explosive urban tale about power, pain, motherhood, and the dangerous choices we make to protect the ones we love.