Family divided. Rules tightening. One move from losing control.
Series Marker: Kendi Unfiltered — Book 5
Status Line: Coming soon
Right when Kendi’s world finally becomes calm—productive, focused, distraction-free—the chaos returns.
Two names light up her phone.
Names that shouldn’t still matter.
Names that went quiet when silence hurt the most.
Kate spirals.
“Focus. Priorities,” Kate snaps. “You have goals. A future. No time for feelings.”
And honestly—Kate is right.
Because in Kendi’s world, crushes aren’t just emotional complications—they’re strategic liabilities. Especially when every uncle in the family seems convinced that any teenage boy within a thirty-kilometre radius is a direct threat to her destiny.
So Kendi does the only thing she can still control.
She shuts the door.
Blocks the noise.
The feelings.
The what-ifs.
No calls.
No texts.
No accidental memes at 2 a.m.
Only lines, tactics, openings—and five games standing between her and everything she’s worked for.
And for a while, it works.
Her focus sharpens.
Her confidence returns.
The board finally feels under control again.
Until the messages keep coming.
Until the quiet starts to crack.
Kendi knows better than to let Leo anywhere near her life right now.
He’s a future she can’t afford to touch. Not yet.
And Alex? She can’t even lean on what they used to be.
Not when their families are apparently at war.
One wrong step could fracture an already fragile world.
With five games to go, Kendi has a choice to make: stay locked in and protect the future she’s fighting for—
or risk everything by opening the door she worked so hard to seal.
With everything on the line, Kendi shuts out distractions to protect her future—but unresolved feelings and family conflict threaten her focus.
– Book 1: Kendi: Drama, Love, Checkmates
– Book 2: Kendi: Crushes, Glitches, Meltdowns
