Ready to say goodbye?

Cigarettes and Daydreams Series #1 A love story born in silence, tested by blood, and healed by pain. ********** Nisrine Ozerov never asked to be born from betrayal. Branded a burden by her family and isolated by her own design, she finds comfort in solitude and safety in emotional walls that too high to climb. Until Chrysander. He's warm where she's cold, light where she's shadows-and the only person who dares to stay. But when buried sins from both their pasts erupt, Nisrine is forced to choose: fight for a love that feels impossible... or protect it by walking away. She chooses silence. He chooses to wait. But destiny isn't done with them yet. This story is written in English and Tagalog. Cover illustration made by Yana Arts

(Tagalog) María Laya Ysabeya Tuason feels trapped. Everyone calls her Malaya, but freedom is the one thing she's never truly known. Her world ends at the garden walls of her ancestral home, and she is never allowed to leave unaccompanied-always under the watchful eye of Kamalayan, or Layan, her childhood companion and, according to their mothers, her future husband. Their names-Malaya and Kamalayan-were chosen together like matching puzzle pieces. A sweet tradition, people say. A blessing from the wombs of women who once danced barefoot beneath the moon. But what once seemed innocent now feels like a curse. Layan has loved her since they were children. When they turned thirteen, he began courting her with the quiet faith of someone who believes in fate-and who never questions what fate costs. Everyone else sees a perfect match. Two names. Two souls. One legacy. But Malaya feels less like a chosen one and more like a vessel-something preserved, watched, and shaped for a purpose she didn't agree to. The days blur. The air thickens. Her own name tastes bitter on her tongue. Can she survive pre-colonial Philippines?

si sam ay lumaki sa bahay ampunan kung saan nakahanap sya ng matatawag nyang pamilya.masayahin,mabait at simpleng dalaga lang si sam pero sa likod ng maskara madami syang pinagdaan sa nakaraang pamilya nya.. tahimik at simple ang paninirahan ni sam sa bahay ampunan not until lumuwas sya ng manila para makapag aral at makapag tapos....hindi nya alam na dun na magbabago ang takbo ng Buhay nya kung saan madami syang makikilala at malalaman... secrets, lies, traitors, enemies, dark pasts will all be revealed soon...are you ready?