Elevators. Airplanes. Palaman ng Sandwich. Yung feeling na papunta ka pa lang at excited ka pa lang sa pupuntahan mo. Yung feeling na palapit pa lang yung birthday mo. Yung feeling na palapit pa ang isa pang espesyal na araw. Yung feeling na ilang oras na lang ay pasko na. Yung feeling na tatlong araw na lang simula na ulit ng pasukan. Yung feeling na nasa gitna ka pa lang at di ka pa nakakarating. Yung feeling na malapit na pero hindi pa. Yun ang laging gusto ko. Yung nasa gitna pa lang. Yung nasa gitna ka ng dalawang bagay. Gitna ng isang building. Gitna ng langit at lupa. Gitna ng dalawang matatabang tinapay. Gitna ng byahe papuntang disneyland. Mas gusto ko yung feeling tuwing nagbabyahe kesa doon sa nakarating ka na. Mas gusto ko yung feeling na may inaantay ka kesa doon sa nandyan na. I always like the things in between. "You only like things in between, Coreen. You only like the chase... You only want me chasing after you. You don't want to decide... Pero pakiusap naman, magdesisyon ka na, kasi tao rin naman ako, nasasaktan. And you? I don't think nararamdaman mo yung sakit na nararamdaman ko... You are just too heartless."

In fairy tale, the spinning wheel made the princess fall into her deep sleep, a sleep like death from which she will never awaken. But mine was a different kind of story, in my own fairy tale spinning wheel was not this kind of evil... Cover is not mine. Credits to the rightful owner.

Kallaine Seraphina Verlas is a vampire with a white curse-a curse that every creature feared the most. She already accepted her existence alone, trapped inside an ancient high tower, feared like a monster. But what if a wounded "magician" got lost inside her castle, changing her resigned life as a prisoner? *** While most women desired beauty, Kallaine Seraphina Verlas saw it as a curse. Her beauty caused the other women in the kingdom to grow jealous of her, making her life a living misery and turning her into a monster that no one would ever attempt to gaze into. To keep a monster like her from claiming thousands of lives, she was locked up in a high tower to suffer alone. However, it was strange that a lost wounded "magician" named Finn thought she was a beauty the moment he laid his eyes on her. Will this magician have the power to cure her curse or he's just going to be a helpless victim of it? Thanks, Aleeiah for the cover <3

This work of fiction may include potentially disturbing readings, scenes and discussions around topics such as sexual, 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.