Theres something truly addicting about the Powerverse, the TV universe 50 Cent and Courtney A. Kemp created on Starz stemming from the original show Power. The dynamic saga about the New York City drug game and the family-run empires that fuel it is as scandalous as it is violent.

In the third season of Power Book II: Ghost, a spinoff centering Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.), the son of the protagonist in Power, bodies drop often and each character has good reason to watch their back, law enforcement included. (TV and film writers, including those who worked on Power Book II: Ghost, are currently on strike over pay and working conditions.)

LaToya Tonodeos character Diana Tejada, daughter of drug-dealing duo Monet Tejada (Mary J. Blige) and Lorenzo Tejada (Berto Colon), is learning more than ever to hold her own this season. After blowing up her mothers secret in Season 2 and getting shunned by her family, Diana starts to imagine a life outside of the family business. But after helping Monet kill a suspended detective and moving drugs on her college campus for Lorenzo, Diana finds herself deeper in the game than shes ever been before.

For Diana, its definitely family over everything, Tonodeo said. Dianas weakness is matters of the heart. So even when she wants to do better for herself, she always puts herself second and her family first.

And with her papi dead, a potential RICO case against her family, drug charges of her own and a fraught relationship with her mother, Diana finds herself having to make the tough decision of choosing family or choosing herself.

Shit is about to hit the fan, Tonodeo said of the remaining Ghost episodes. Her character is on the verge of connecting some key dots.

For I Run This, Tonodeo discussed Dianas conflict between family and her dreams, channeling her inner Monet Tejada and how Ghost changed her life.