Demian Ford Alcoceasar could never understand why his parents were so insistent on accepting the Santos family's marriage proposal, no matter how many times he turned it down. The truth only became clear when they introduced him to the Commander-in-Chief and founder of the North East Security Company named Vito Mikhail Fernandez-the man entrusted with protecting them from the organization that wanted them dead. Under Vito's protection, Demian and his family vanished from the public eye, forced into hiding on a secluded island where they had to adapt to a life unlike any they had ever known. Each passing day blurred into shades of gray and blue, until Demian found his heart drawn to the one man he never expected to love. He was falling for the commander... a man older, wiser, and stronger than anyone he had ever met. But can love truly flourish when it is born from darkness and desperation? Or is it merely a fragile bond forged by survival on the island? DISCLAIMER: This is written in Tagalog and English.