Muse #1

Thalia Aurora Estrella is an ordinary young woman from the poorest district of Madrid City, under the rule of the powerful Kingdom of Castilla. At only eighteen, she lives in a house that barely feels like home, until one fateful night changes everything. Attending a festival she had no intention of standing out in, Thalia catches the eye of the King himself. Enchanted by her beauty, the King forcibly claims her as one of his concubines, promising wealth and status in exchange for her submission. With no power to refuse and the burden of her family's future on her shoulders, Thalia enters the golden cage of the royal palace. Trapped within walls she cannot escape, she prepares to give her heart to the King, until she meets her. The Queen. Feared by many, with haunting purple eyes and purple-colored hair, the Queen is a mystery wrapped in silence and shadows. But Thalia soon discovers a different truth: she did not enter the palace to become the King's woman. She was destined to become the Queen's.

At the age of sixty-four, Carmelita Remedios has already chosen how to end her life. The plan is simple. Thought out. Final. But life, in its quiet, inconvenient way, keeps interrupting those plans. A missed moment. A small distraction. A child who talks too much. When ten-year-old Jasmine enters her home, Carmelita finds her carefully constructed silence slowly unraveling. Between reluctant conversations, borrowed routines, and stories she never meant to tell, fragments of a life long buried begin to surface. Through hesitant confessions in a therapist's office and the unfiltered curiosity of a child, Carmelita is forced to revisit the past she thought she had already survived. Not all endings arrive when we decide. Some wait. Some linger. And some... begin again in the most unlikely interruptions.

Dr. Adriana Valdez doesn't believe in things she can't control. Not in coincidence. Not in fate. And definitely not in love. As one of the hospital's most talented neurosurgeons, Adriana is used to control, every incision calculated, every outcome anticipated. People, however, are less predictable. Especially Mika Pascual. Mika is everything Adriana isn't. Warm where she is distant. Honest where she is guarded. A painter who sees meaning in the smallest details, and insists on finding it in Adriana too. What begins as quiet curiosity turns into something harder to ignore. Because for the first time, Adriana finds herself confronted with something she cannot diagnose, cannot fix, and cannot walk away from without consequence. And some connections, once made, refuse to disappear even when they begin to fade.

Margo Sinclair has lived for centuries, cursed with immortality after an ancient ritual went wrong. Once a revered Elydian Queen, now she is a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of high society. Margo is wealthy, powerful, and untouchable. With a heart hardened by centuries of loss, Margo has one rule: never get close to anyone. Mortals are fleeting, destined to die, leaving her alone every time. To distract herself from the loneliness that gnaws at her soul, Margo has taken up a dark hobby-hunting and eliminating criminals and society's lowest scum, dispensing her brand of justice in the shadows. It's the only thing that gives distraction, allowing her to channel her centuries of anger and frustration. But when Margo meets Aveline, a resilient and unapologetic sex worker shunned by society, her carefully constructed walls begin to crack. Aveline is everything Margo isn't. Aveline is fearless in her vulnerability, living life with a boldness Margo has long forgotten. Drawn to her in ways she can't explain, Margo faces a dilemma: stay distant and continue her endless, empty existence, or risk the agony of loss for a love that could finally make her feel alive again. As Margo grapples with her growing connection to Aveline, she must confront the demons of her past and the question that haunts her immortality: Is love worth the pain of inevitable loss? And can someone who has only known solitude truly open her heart when eternity is the price?

"Hanggang ganito na lang ba? Ang tingin mo sakin pamatid ng panandaliang pangangailangan mo?" Iritableng napatingin ako sa pigurang iyon ni Corinne. Si Corinne! Fuck! Bakit ko ba kasi sya dinamay sa gulong ito. "Sinabi ko na sayo nung una pa lang di ba? Stay away from me!" Gigil na singhal ko sa kanya. "Dikit ka ng dikit! Tapos ngayon ako pa lumalabas na masama." Tila matutunaw naman ako ng unti-unting tumulo yung luha sa mga mata niya. "I love you, Aria. Pero kahit ilang beses ko namang sabihin iyon sayo wala lang di ba? Kasi until now hindi mo pa din kayang ibigay yung sarili mo ng buong-buo. Kasi hanggang ngayon nakakulong ka pa din sa kahapon mo. " "Hindi totoo yan.." Nanghihinang napaupo ako. What have I done? Bakit ba paulit ulit ko na lang syang nasasaktan? "I can't save you, Aria." Punung puno ng pait na sabi nya. "I can't save you kasi ayaw mong magpasalo. Hindi lahat sasaktan ka. Kelangan mo din magtiwala na hindi ko kayang saktan ka." Natawa lang ako ng pagak. "Tell me, Corinne. What's holding you back? Akala ko ba mahal mo ko? Bakit hindi mo magawang ibigay ng buo yung sarili mo?" Pinalis ni Corinne yung luhang umaagos sa magkabila niyang pisngi. "Because I know you. I know na pag nakuha mo na ko, Game over na. And I don't want to end everything that we have just because of that. " "Wow!" Napapalatak ako sa kanya. "Now, who have trust issues sa ating dalawa ngayon? " Ngumiti siya ng pilit. Another broken smile. How many times should I break her before she gives me up? "If I give myself to you now, Will you give me your heart?" Fuck! No! I don't know. I really don't know. She can have me. But I know that she can never have my heart.

Si Dionne Lucas ay isang museum art director na maganda, mayaman at matalino. Hindi na rin nakapagtataka kung marami ang nagkakagusto sa kaniya. Isa lang ang ayaw ni Dionne, ang makipagrelasyon. Ayaw niya talaga ng commitment. Wala rin siyang pakialam kahit guwapo o mayaman ang lalaking nagkakagusto sa kaniya. Laro lang ang gusto ni Dionne. Ayaw niya ng seryosohan hanggang sa nakilala niya ang abogado na si Charlotte Del Pierro. Magagawa pa rin kayang pigilan ang tukso o hahayaan ni Dionne na baguhin ang kaniyang nararamdaman? Written in Tagalog. Written in 3rd person point of view. January 3 2024. Ended: July 13 2024

Cee lives her life hiding her true identity as a woman just to be accepted into the Seriantel family. She may be pretending as a man, but she is certain that she is straight - until she deals with Verra Normans.

Nagsimula ang lahat bilang isang reyna ng Elydia hanggang sa muling nabuhay si Margo ng ilang daang taon nang siya ay naging isang imortal. Sa modernong mundo, kilala si Margo Sinclair bilang isang mayaman at makapangyarihan. Siya ay tinitingala, hinahangaan, at sinasamba ng mundo. Lahat ay kayang angkinin ni Margo ngunit wala pa ring katumbas ang lungkot ng pagiging imortal. Naging libangan na lang ni Margo ang pagpatay ng kriminal, pampalipas oras sa buhay na walang hanggan. Isa lang ang iniiwasan ni Margo: ayaw niyang mapalapit at umibig dahil batid na niya ang magiging kapalaran. Lahat ng tao ay namamatay, lumilipas sa mundo, at maiiwan ulit siya na malungkot at nag-iisa. Ngunit lahat ay nagbago nang nakilala niya si Aveline, isang bayarang babae na kabaligtaran sa buhay na tinatamasa ni Margo. Pinandidirihan si Aveline, kinukutya, at walang halaga ang pagkatao. Magagawa kayang ibigin ni Margo ang isang katulad ni Aveline? Makakaya niya kayang umibig nang walang hanggan?

Dr. Jade Julianne Kim has always known what she wanted-to become a surgeon, no matter the cost. Breaking up with her boyfriend was just one sacrifice in her relentless pursuit of that dream. Hired at Morgan West Hospital, she's ready to bury herself in the grind, with no time for distractions or romance. Casual flings? Sure, they're easy, no strings attached. But when Jade meets Dr. Scarlet Andrade, the hospital's head of cardiothoracic surgery, she's shaken. Dr. Andrade is more than just beautiful; she's confident, untouchable, and completely off-limits. Yet, there's something between them that Jade can't ignore. How long can she resist the temptation of the one woman who just might be her greatest distraction?