TO HUNT OR GET HUNTED. A MATTER OF CLEVER CALL. Living independently, Caden Turner barely supports his basic commodities. In order to survive, he strive to amass his finances from getting multiple jobs. From being a cashier at 7/11 and an academic commissioner, his struggles are somehow lifted up. So, when his scholarship application to South Crimson High got accepted, he decided without a blink to finish his last year of senior high at SCH despite it being located at the farthest outskirts of the downtown. Unbeknownst to his conscience, the tranquility that the countryside has to offer is the complete polar opposite of the South Crimson High, equating to nothing but downright mystery, malevolence, and travesty that he will be cornered to defy for survival. *** The Empire of Wicked Mind is a mystery-thriller mixed with a boyxboy romance story centering around the pursuit of love and justice. As a rated 18 story, it bottles myriad of trigger warnings such as suicidal tendencies, parental toxicity, sexual violence, semantic vulgarity, and homophobia. Being stated, please read at your own peril.

In a society where blue is classified for boys and pink for the girls, Shiloh Ching Escarra struggled during his childhood when he discovered his fondness for the toys and colors that were only labeled for the girls. Despite confining himself in the darkness, Brent Matthew Jarsdel, his roommate and the son of his mother's friend, gradually peeked through his thick walls and found a way to paint his world according to what color he genuinely prefers. In the midst of those unexplainable feelings, confusions, and judgements, Brent was willing to risk it all; to fight for the love he unexpectedly found; to build him a home where his true colors would finally be accepted.