One ruled the shadows with a crown of bloody roses; the other fought criminals with nothing but a law book. Valentina Seraphine Moretti knew how to destroy people without raising her voice. Aurora Elise Beaumont knew how to make her smile even on the darkest days. One was a queen of the underworld. The other was a lawyer who loved yellow, loud music, and a ridiculous little bird named Chuck. They should have been enemies. Instead, somehow, they became each other's safest place. Because sometimes, the person who brings light into your darkness is the very person you were never supposed to love.

📌 UNDER REVISION - ongoing chapter edits! You can still read while I slowly polish the earlier chapters. ---- Euphemia Vandeleur has never had to wait in line for anything until a five foot street-food vendor tells her to wait her turn. Hungry after leaving a fancy event, she stops by a small cart near campus and meets Carmelita Amor Pinili, a working scholar who is not impressed by her surname, her money, or her attitude. What starts with one order and too many cups of extra sauce soon becomes Euphemia's reason to come back every night. The sauce was good. But the vendor was better.

There are people who enter your life quietly. And there are people who walk in like a storm, leaving nothing untouched. Lena stopped believing in sincerity a long time ago. Miu never let the world steal her kindness. It's somewhere between... an icy pride and a stubborn honesty.

Atty. Althea Regal and Dr. Thalia Ramirez wake up to the ultimate nightmare- they accidentally got legally married at a wedding party. Forced to live together for a year, chaos turns into softness, annoyance turns into longing, and enemies turn into something dangerously close to love.

Written in Taglish • Slow-burn troupe • BossxMaid

Summer paints what she feels. Gab photographs what she sees. When their worlds collide, color meets light and something new begins to bloom. But love isn't simple when the past still lingers and the world refuses to understand. Together, they must learn to choose themselves, face the storm, and discover that real love doesn't demand hiding, it asks only for honesty Start: May 4, 2024 End: November 1, 2025

☯ YBAÑEZ SERIES • Slow Burn • Minor Revision Chandria has one goal in life: to become a pilot. She describes her college experience as a "living warzone," yet she crosses paths with a professor who longs to be a part of what she calls her "warzone." Date Published: May 13 2024 Date Complete: July 04 2024

It was an unexpected situation when Pyra got linked with her first love again, who barely knew her. Their family's decision to arrange a marriage between their families made the whole situation more chaotic. It was heaven and hell for Pyra, knowing she'd be under the same roof as her Professor, and she knew from the start that the Professor couldn't love her. She wants to be valuable to her professor's life and own her, but because of the love and respect she has for her, she frequently steps back from forcing herself into her. Devastated, she barely knows what she is going to do. Could her avoidance of her professor be the solution to all her problems, or will it just make all the situation worse because of the fact that the professor is in her grip already and, with more effort, she can finally win her heart?

Serafina Teo Fabian and Zora Xanthe are two of the fortunate ten authors who received an email from Mangata Súton inviting them to become her apprentices. Mangata Súton is a well-known author in the Philippines. Nobody knows her identity, and she is very mysterious. Some of Newbie's writers look up to her. Is it possible that she will expose herself in public? Ten writers will stay in a mansion that has been reserved by a well-known author. Will you outperform her or lag in her wake? "In shadows I find my light, in death I embrace my might, crimson rivers, my sanity's sight." Copyright©01/28/2023 by RD Date finished: 05/22/2023

Rivianna Avril Samonte, a princess, but not your typical princess. She is kind of a rebel spirit, a heater for your bed. The only girl of Agatha and Riverain's triplets. She suffers from this type of disorder, just like her mom. But her mother tried to restrict herself. She, on the other hand, flaunts it every goddamn time. To be honest, she was enjoying her life, just like she benefited from pleasing every female who begged for her, until she met Léonce Vérene Lavigne, who would eventually become a lawyer. "I am capable of living without you being around, but how about you? Can you survive not having me in your bed?" -RD's Note: If you want to understand Rivianna's family history, read Cafuné first.- Copyright©05/29/2023 by RD Finished: 08/23/23