Trust no one.” “Watch yo front and yo back.” “Snitches get ditches.” “Don’t let everyone know your moves.” “Everyone in your circle is not your friend.” “Be ready for anything because anything goes.” These are codes that you live by while being fully active in the streets. Loyalty is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but how often is the definition of the word truly lived out? For Dallas and Chinks and Neysa and Ocean, loyalty between them is undeniable, at least, that’s what they believe. With each couple, Dallas and Neysa are best friends while Chinks and Ocean are each other’s right hand. There’s nothing that they won’t do for each other, including lying, stealing, and murdering. But everything is not what they seem. The couples learn that the ones that claim to love you the most and are the realest can also be the ones that hurt you the most, causing irrevocable and permanent damage. When other friendlies are introduced into the relationships, who is really loyal and who can be trusted come into focus, revealing camouflage snakes in the human form. When hard-core truths are bared and blinders are taken off, you’ll be ready to open up a can of whoop ass on some of these characters. Patrice will have your head on a swivel and needing a chiropractor after all the twists and ultimate betrayal are exposed in her blazing new standalone, The Ultimate Hood Betrayal. In this story, all of the rules of the streets are thrown out, leaving people to pick up the pieces, starting over, and making new rules.