| COMPLETED | 15 June 2017 - 19 February 2020 | Stonehearts Series #6 | Pearl Alicia Alexandrite Bautista, born 21st of June, is known as the person with the purest of heart. She, like her birthstone, which is the only organic in nature amongst the twelve, was born to be gentle, nurturing, kind and supportive. She had her fair share of troubles and difficulties in her life. Like how she stood on her own two feet after her parents died when she was 16. Like how she struggled to get a degree while juggling three part-time jobs just to get by. And like how she took in the responsibility of being a parent to a baby her cousin left when she died. All of that, she accepted with a big smile and arms wide open. But one thing she can't ever willingly accept was the thing that happened one night. The thing that started with one guy.

| Stonehearts #9 | People see her as a rock of solid power and strength. She isn't easily wavered and never goes down without a fight. Elora Ysabelle Sapphire Samonte, born on the 18th of September, is a force of abundant and various energy one cannot comprehend in one meeting. A ball of pure wisdom but also a contradiction personified. Her life is nothing but an explosion of color and crazy designs, just the way she likes it. But when she found out her boyfriend cheated on her, black and white started to paint it's way through her once jovial life. But, she's not going to stand there and just watch her life turn monochromatic. She's going to bust her way through it, twist her life back to it's normal track. Even if it means twisting and getting tangled with a man like him, a man with a dark past like him.

This work of fiction may include potentially disturbing readings, scenes and discussions around topics such as self-harm, physical violence, emotionally triggering materials, death and suicide. Please engage in self-care as you read this work. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Project M #ProjectM1 31/12/17