In the neon-soaked grit of the streets, they call him Pony-a name meant to strip him of his manhood, a constant, stinging reminder of the leash he can't quite slip. But under the flash of the pimp persona is Darius Wright, a man whose soul never traded its humanity for a cut of the profit. Forced into a life he loathes by circumstances he couldn't outrun, Darius is a kingpin of a kingdom he never wanted to rule. His only sanctuary is Joyce Tyson, Bound by the scars of a shared childhood trauma and the suffocating cycle of "the life," Darius navigates a treacherous landscape of drugs, prostitution, and the unspoken ghosts haunting the Black community. He is a man playing every part but his own, desperate to hold onto the only woman who knows his real name-even if she can't always remember it.
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