Kendi

Backlash, Pressure, Survival—Eyes watching. Lines tightening. One move from being boxed in.

De: G.O. Milare

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

One girl. Two crushes. And zero margin for mistakes.

My life plan was simple:
Study.
Win.
Don’t embarrass the family.

Dating? Not part of the strategy.
But feelings don’t follow rules.

Then Uncle Lenana catches me at the bus stage—with Alex. And Leo.
At home, silence turns heavy.
Rules tighten.
Freedom becomes negotiable.

And what scares me most isn’t grounding.
It’s what this could do to Alex—whose world is already fragile—and to Leo, who never asked to be dragged into my fallout.

Chess Nationals are around the corner.
I should be focused.
Instead, I’m calculating survival.

Because if I want to protect the people I care about and survive parental backlash, I’ll have to make my boldest move yet:
a sacrifice.
Like in chess, sometimes you give something up to stay in control of the game.
The problem is…
you still lose a piece.

Kate: “Bold strategy, genius. Sacrifice sounds noble—until it’s your heart on the board.”

Kendi: Backlash, Pressure, Survival is a high-stakes YA novel about love, loyalty, ambition, and the cost of a move you can’t take back.