How do you end the game you started when it already means more than it should?

The throne is made of glass. The EMPEROR is a lie. And the Heart? It's a battlefield. Sa bawat pagtitig ni Melay Del Lerio sa salamin, isa lang ang nakikita niya. Perfection. She is the self-proclaimed Emperor nang pinaka gwapo sa buong mundo-isang obra maestra perfection nang hitsura at yaman. She doesn't just want to be noticed, she demands to be worshiped. Para sa kanya, ang kaguwapuhan ay isang kapangyarihang siya lang ang may karapatang magtaglay. But then came Andres. A scholar with a heavy silence and a gaze that cuts deeper than any insult. He is respectful, grounded, and utterly indifferent to the "Del Lerio" name. Sa mundong sanay na yumuyukod sa kanya, si Andres ang tanging pader na hindi niya matibag. He doesn't see a King or a EMPEROR . He only sees a nuisance. "Aksaya sa oras. Unano." Ang isang salitang iyon ang naging mitsa ng isang digmaan. In a desperate move to reclaim her pride, Melay will turn into a shadow. She will provoke. She will insult. She will compete. If Andres heart is looking elsewhere, Melay will make sure she burns that world to the ground-not because of love, but because a Emperor refuses to be ignored. And how far will Melay go to win a game she never should have played? In the clash between a Emperor's mind and a poor man's pride, the first one to feel the "tibok".....is the first one to bleed. DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Started: January 2026 - FIRST STORY Status: RAW & UNEDITED Language: Classy Taglish (Melay's POV) / Raw Tagalog (The World) I do not own the photo used for the book cover. All credits to the owners. All Rights Reserved © Ninjafootsteps

Kaia spent most of her life pretending she was okay. Growing up with a mother battling schizophrenia forced her to mature too early, teaching her how to smile through exhaustion, hide pain behind humor, and carry burdens she was never supposed to handle alone. She's bright, bubbly, and easy to love. But behind that version of her is a child who lost pieces of herself while trying to survive her own home. Everything starts to change when she meets someone who feels strangely familiar. A man who looks at her like he's known her long before this lifetime. The more their paths cross, the more Kaia feels drawn to him, unaware that he was already once part of her childhood, a person her trauma made her forget. As the memories she tried so hard to leave behind slowly come back, Kaia is forced to face the painful past she spent years running from. And somewhere between healing old wounds, carrying silent grief, and finding the pieces of herself she once lost, she begins to realize that love doesn't always demand forever all at once. Sometimes, all it needs is just a little chance.

Si Takana Natsumi Takahashi ay isang babaeng lumaki sa yaman at nakukuha ang lahat ng marangyang bagay sa mundo. Bilang kapalit, naging masunurin siyang anak sa kanyang ama. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang itakda ng kanyang Sofu ang isang arranged marriage sa isang lalaking hindi naman niya mahal. Sa takot na maitali sa kasal na walang pagmamahal, pumunta siya sa Pilipinas upang magtago sa tulong ng kanyang stepbrother. Doon ay natagpuan niya ang lalaking tunay na magpapatibok ng kanyang puso ang lalaking dahilan kung bakit handa niyang iwanan ang lahat. Ngunit paano kung ang kapalaran ay mapaglaro? Kung ang isa sa pinakamahal mo sa buhay ay malalagay sa bingit ng kamatayan, sino ang pipiliin mo?

[𝗡𝗼𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭] As everyone say, let bygones be bygones; forgive and forget. But for someone who held grudges from the past, those words were easier said than done. 'Cause she thought no one understood: no one grieve the way she did. Her body dressed with scars, bruises, and wounds ─ unbearable pain. And so, she carved it in her soul: Bygones will never be bygones. © 2026 by nathaleigh © 2026 by nathaleigh

"She must remember the sacred rule: To fall in love... is a curse." Abandoning the isle means stepping into the life Aurora has always longed to live. In the prosperous kingdom of Forthmore, she seeks vengeance with a power even death cannot withstand. But fate is never predictable. Aurora finds herself tangled in truths she was never meant to know-truths she loathes more than death itself. And the greatest threat to her purpose is Caelum Augustus-the last Carwell alive. With the path of a villainess laid before her, can she avenge and save herself before his light overpowers her darkness? Or will she be the next to suffer the curse of the first fallen deity? Zarsothian Tale Series #1: Volume 1 and 2 | New Adult Dark Fantasy-Romance | COMPLETED Highest Rank Achieved: #1 in Fantasy (April 2026) #1 in Thriller (April 2026)

San Isidro Series #1 Model Celestine is forced to spend a summer in a small farming town to fix her ruined reputation. There, she clashes with Bren, a stubborn farmer who wants nothing to do with spoiled city girls. But when she discovers that her family's company is secretly planning to buy out and destroy Bren's farm, Celestine becomes the only person who can save the land-and the boy she unexpectedly grows to care for.

Anong gagawin mo kapag may na-tag kang maling tao sa status mo sa Facebook? Ang masaklap pa nito, nabasa ng buong school yung status mo. Wait, nasabi ko na bang sikat at school heartthrob yung na-tag mo? At nasabi ko na rin ba na nag-I love you ka sa kanya with matching kiss smiley pa? ⒸMaevelAnne

Surrounded by people who always seemed sharper, quicker, more effortless than her, Amelie looked like the outcast who never quite fit in. And so, it was so easy for anyone to judge her. And maybe everyone was right about her. Because she's the daughter of Roberto who killed her best friend's parents. The daughter of a mistress. And the flirt who seduced the guy who once loved her best friend. But it was just as easy to misunderstand Yi-an for being perfect. Being the only son of the owners of the Lauzière Group, a global multi-industry empire. Calling him perfect is almost an understatement-he's brilliant, composed, and damn emotionally intelligent. But Amelie never chose her parents, and Yi-an never chose to be the only son of two powerhouse moguls. Amelie never wanted to be her father's pawn, and Yi-an was simply too good at hiding what he truly felt. They were just two broken people caught in the disaster of their family's greed, and two people who stood outside a tale they barely understood. It made sense to become each other's anchor-each other's comfort. Their decisions should've been easy, but some choices crack in all the wrong places, and some consequences fall on people who were never meant to be part of their problems to begin with. And so, Amelie and Yi-an were left to choose-between becoming the people their parents designed, or risking everything to become who they actually were. ___ STATUS: On-going Highest ranking: #4 Romance

3rd Generation #5: Ciano Lorenzo DiMarco Some targets shoot back.