Lethal Competence

By: Kennedy B.

Narrated by: Rashan Wilde, Elyce Anthony

All Reminisce has ever known is being in motion, money, family, and late nights—never any attachment—until the one thing he never planned forces him to stay put. Stillness traps him and fatherhood transcends him.

Karim Ortega is the sister of the infamous Aroyal Ortega, a woman who isn't looking to be saved or claimed. She's already paid the cost of having the wrong people in her life, so she's guarded, limiting her attention and space only to those with whom she shares blood. Avoiding what watches from the shadows, she convinces herself she doesn't want what she craves. HIM.

Reminisce already carries his own demons—mistrust, abandonment, childhood trauma—so he has no intention of picking hers up until it's impossible. Fatherhood has Reminisce seeing things in new lenses. Things being Karim Ortega, but can he stay still long enough to be what she needs? Not only her, but his new responsibility? Or will he aid in the perpetuation of old cycles? Can Karim let go of her trauma and allow herself to be saved for once? Or will even Superman have lost his cape this time?

Contains mature themes.

©2026 Kennedy B.