3rd Generation #4: The Lineage Continues Ricos Anton Santa de Leones-Castañeda

Legacy Series #4: Sky Rydge Galvez Pola was never anyone's first choice---not in the family that raised her, and definitely not in love. She was always the one left behind. Unwanted. Unchosen. So she learned the hard way that love was never meant for her. As a UAAP courtside correspondent and UP scholar, her world revolves around academics and work. She has no time for distractions, especially not for Sky Rydge Galvez---the arrogant, full-of-himself basketball player who's had his future written for him since birth. Groomed to take over his family's empire, Sky has spent his life coasting on charm, wealth, and the certainty that one day, Pola, the girl he's wanted since childhood, will be his. The problem? Pola despises him. But Sky is relentless. He'll do whatever it takes to break down her walls, even if it means signing an agreement that keeps him close to her in the most twisted way possible. A deal is made. Boundaries are set. Lines are drawn. But some lines are meant to be crossed. And some truths, no matter how deeply buried, have a way of rising to the surface. louder, crueler, and more life-altering than anyone is prepared for. So what happens when the girl Sky has always wanted turns out to be the one person he should never have? 05/01/25

Celeste Rionna Mendoza-has always been the rock of her family. Bilang panganay na anak sa isang wasak na pamilya, umiikot ang buhay niya sa pagprotekta sa mga kapatid at sa pagtiyak na hindi nila maramdaman ang mga sugat ng pag-abandona na siya mismo ang nagdala. When Kohen Huxley Ramirez, the charismatic son of a powerful politician, enters her life, he awakens a part of her that has long been silent-her desire to be loved and to choose something for herself. But Rio's fragile happiness crumbles when she learns Kohen is engaged to another woman. Devastated, she leaves him without demanding answers, never allowing herself the luxury of heartbreak. Habang lumilipas ang mga taon, nakatuon si Rio sa kanyang pamilya at sa lumalago niyang career. Pero nang muling magkrus ang landas nila, biglang nagbalik ang mga matagal nang inilibing na damdamin, at lumitaw ang mga sikreto ng nakaraan. For the first time, Rio must decide if loving Kohen is worth risking the walls she built-and if she can forgive the man who broke her heart to save her.

Kio Soledad de Merced always kept his life quiet and private. He never wanted anything flashy and grand. Attention and spotlight were the two things he never wanted to have. Calm and easy, that's how he preferred his life. Shiloh Lumiere Bendia's life was far from what he wanted, she was born for the spotlight. Living under the scrutinizing eyes of the world, Lumiere's life consists of cameras and flashes following her whenever she moves. The world gravitates around her, and everyone who sees her is drawn to her light, including him. The moment he saw her on that stage with the spotlight shining on her, he knew he would spend his whole life admiring her from afar. But with the twist of fate and a little luck, his fate might have changed. A secret moment. A lingering stare. Quick stolen moments behind the camera that no one knows about. But to what extent can they sacrifice for a losing battle they knew they would never win? To love is to risk. To risk requires courage and courage is only found in places we're too scared to take. ---- Date Started: March 2025 Date Finished: June 15, 2025

As the second son of the Salguero family, Cassian's reputation is quite different from that of his siblings. He's stubborn and rebellious in the eyes of people who don't know his true personality. However, Cassian doesn't care about other people's opinions, his focus is to find the girl he met when he was fifteen, whom he promised to marry. When Cassian finally found her, he discovered that she didn't remember him. No glimpse of familiarity was evident in her eyes. It hurts him, but he won't give up trying to remind her of their forgotten promise, even if it means putting his own life in danger. Started: 07/09/23 Ended: 12/07/23

Quinnzel grew up believing she was unwanted, a name erased from a family that never claimed her. Now a successful model, she returns home to face the truth she's spent years running from. Primo, a man tied to her past more than she realizes, never expected her to walk back into his life. In a web of secrets, betrayal, and unspoken history, two people find themselves entangled between love and the ghosts that made them who they are. Some truths can break you. Others can set you free.

Like a jar, I was whole. Tidy on the outside, but too fragile to keep. Then came the cracks. Small, easy to hide at first. Until I shattered, piece by piece, in the hands of people who never intended to keep me from the very beginning. They called me a mistake. And soon, I started calling myself unworthy. For a while, that become my only name. So I ran. From Him. From everyone. Ashamed of who I had become, and the cracks I had gathered from years of being blind. But can someone who is been shattered... still hold love again? What if healing feels heavier than the cracks? And what if God was never angry... just waiting? Started: March 19, 2024 Ended: July 5, 2025 Just a note: I don't own the original photo, everything you see here was created using elements available on Canva.

OVERDRIVE #1 According to Google, burnout is more than just a fleeting feeling of stress. It is a state caused by prolonged, unmanaged pressure that leads to a profound sense of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion. It thrives in toxic environments fueled by unfairness, poor treatment from the people around you, and a total lack of recognition despite everything you do to make them accept you. It is a deeper state of depletion that strips away your light, leaving you hollow. Once you are full from keeping it all in, you will eventually be triggered by a single circumstance. A breaking point that forces you to drop everything you love in exchange for the only thing left to find: peace.

Catching Flight Series #1 Life doesn't end when your mother dies and your father hates you - but for Saskia, she believed her life would end that night. As she cries in pain and agony, for a brief moment, she lets herself search any glimpse of any softness on her father's eyes - as if her wound caused by him will be healed if there is. But there was none. She accepted her fate. How ironic. A father must love and take care of his child. And as if God's not done watching how Saskia's father disobeyed Him over and over again - Saskia's life did not end there. She got a chance to get far away. Found a family who loved her unconditionally. Met a man she became friends with benefits with. For once in her life, she couldn't ask for anything more. She was content. Until she got pregnant. And she didn't want him to know. She thinks he didn't need to know. Her world crumbled as she took a flight back to her home country and faced his father and traumas again. While he continued his life not having a clue what went wrong between them. Will fate lead him to her? Will he find a way back to her?

Katana Gail Velasco had been an achiever since grade school. Her classmates and friends admired her for always being at the top of the class. She made sure to stay there, not just for herself, but to make her parents proud. Then came Jamie Larisha Escodero. A transfer student. Smart and confident. Suddenly, Katana wasn't the only one shining. And she hated it. She hated her. It felt like Jamie had stolen her spotlight, the one thing Katana had worked so hard to keep. But as time passed, her frustration toward Jamie only grew stronger. Every glance, every smirk, every little victory Jamie claimed sent Katana's blood boiling. What she didn't know was that, with every glare and every word of annoyance, Jamie's feelings for her only deepened. Because every time Katana got mad, Jamie didn't feel irritated- she felt something else entirely. Butterflies. "I-I think I'm in love with her..."