𝑊𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑍𝑦𝑣𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝒉𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝒉𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘. 𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒉𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝒉𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝒉𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑛 𝒉𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒉𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝒉𝑜𝑤 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝒉𝑒'𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑.

A Collaboration with Race Darwin and Cecelib

"You are invited to Temptation Island."

"You are invited to Temptation Island."

Hoping to work in Japan as a cultural dancer, Maria Victoria Ferrer gathers up her courage and goes to Manila for a training she didn't expect. There she meets Claude Gil, the budding actor who awakens her sexual desires and turns her world upside down. *** Tired of the miserable life that she has in Nueva Ecija, Maria Victoria Ferrer decides to take a chance and work in Japan. But just when she thought she gets to leave right away, she arrives in Manila as a club entertainer for her 'training'. After sharing a heated night with budding actor Claude Gil, Tori finds herself entertaining no one else but him. The sexual tension between them is just too strong and nothing can separate them...until Claude's manager gets in the way. Afraid of destroying Claude's shot at stardom, Tori is forced to make a sacrifice and keep an important secret from him. Finally meeting again after their painful breakup, can Tori and Claude resolve all their misunderstandings and rekindle the fire between them? Or will they end up hurting each other more and realize that they're five years too late? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

Genre: Fantasy Surrealism. Tales of the Realm Book 1. Two children share memories of their lives, and in doing so open the door to a dark but beautiful realm. In this land imagination becomes reality, dreams become possibilities, and the dark recesses of their souls become the most frightening of enemies. Three stories spanning more than thirty years, Tales of The Realm follows the journey of two kindred spirits, as they attempt to understand one another without losing themselves. Naoko art by Kami - https://k-areo.carbonmade.com/ https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kami/ https://twitter.com/karekareo