Varduzco (1/6) There is rhythm even in silence. Rhythm Vita Elvacion is a girl who only wants a complete family ever since she was a kid. She never asked for anything aside from the love and affection of her own mother, and her dream is to become a great musician someday just like her father. Unfortunately, her father died and she was left with nothing but despair and hatred in her heart. Years after that tragedy, her mom got married with another man. But what will happen to her if she has to live with six guys, which are her step- brothers, under the same roof? Can she handle the new environment waiting for her or will she fall for someone that is beyond her limits? Is it possible for her to bring back the rhythm of her life, or she will put an end to it?

She's a rare shattered jar with a golden lid. The jar refers to her heart and once it shattered, she has nothing but the golden lid that is not really made of gold but rather in an ordinary rusty metal. That lid refers to her life that is slowly turning into a dust, decaying just like the jar's lid. Phleuraia Airis Zanteban is a victim of bullying and she's also suffering from depression. Walang araw siyang hindi pinagkatuwaan at sinaktan pero dahil sanay na siya, hinahayaan na lang niyang masaktan siya. She's used to being bullied that it became a part of her everyday life. But life is indeed unpredictable. A tragedy came into her life to ruin her already ruined life. She broke down just like a helpless shattered jar. Instead of putting her pieces back together, she decided to break it even more, making it into a finely pulverized powder like the remains of the dead human body after creamation. Ashes. Mabubuo niya pa kaya ang kaniyang sarili para magpatuloy sa agos ng buhay o tuluyan na siyang mananatili kagaya nang isang basag na garapon?

Kadiliman, iyan ang isang bagay na kamuntikan nang lumamon sa buong pagkatao niya. She's been fighting her inner turmoils all by herself. She was abused, neglected, rejected and unloved but despite of her tenebrific past, she found luminescence in the middle of the void inside her. Neptune Tallulah Silveri-Ellington has been living her own life alone with her dog named Uno. She's a writer and also a married problematic woman who writes stories with tragic endings because of this pain and hatred that she planted on her system. She never went on public as a writer but they knew her by the name of "Eight" A married woman without a husband. Isang taon matapos nilang maikasal ay iniwanan siya nito nang walang kahit anong maitinong dahilan. After years of separation from her husband, he came back while holding a paper on his hand, asking for his wife's signature, divorce papers. He's been sending those papers for years but Neptune did nothing but to sent back the papers. She won't give in easily. She will do everything just to save herself from going back to her old self no matter what it takes. But what if there are reasons behind those papers? Paano kung may mga bagay palang hindi ipinaalam sa kaniya para sa ikabubuti niya? Matatanggap niya kaya ito? She became a lionhearted woman but will she be able to stay like that until the end? Kahit pa dumating ang panahon na nalaman niya na ang mga dahilan sa likod ng mga papeles na iyon?

Helliona Purgatoria Ellington is the sassiest member of their family. Nobody can tame her because she's a free spirit with a twisted tongue who cannot even talk in straight Filipino. Everyone's giving her a favor not until the day she got stabbed by someone who's identity is unknown. Death threats were no longer her issues, she could handle that. Kahit ang ipaghiganti ang sarili niya ay kaya niya kung gugustuhin niya ngunit maraming bagay ang humahadlang sa kaniya. Sa kalagitnaan ng paghahanap sa taong 'yon, hindi niya inaasahan na mahuhulog siya sa isang taong hindi rin pwede para sa kaniya. Mali, hindi dapat. It would make her life miserable, it will be her biggest downfall. Would she be able to look for that mystery person or she'll end up breaking the huge wall that she built just to get seized by Lucifer?

Desdemona Astrea Costello, an ordinary girl as well as a scholar student. She is very obedient and well-loved by her parents. Hindi siya kagaya ng ibang bata na lumaking spoiled dahil simple at mahiyain ito. Madalas ay tahimik at ang kaibigan lang niyang si Van ang nakakausap. Paano kung isang araw ay makagawa siya ng isang pagkakamaling hindi matatanggap ng lahat? Handa ba niyang harapin ang galit nila sa kaniya? How can it be a mistake when it feels so right for her? She's too young for love, too innocent to get hurt, and too nice to defend herself. How can a one mistake affect her life? Published under PSICOM

Rich and rebellious, Euphemia Villasenor only wishes for her father's attention and love. But when things get out of hand and she's finally pushed to her limits, she suddenly moves to Cagayan where she meets Legend, the guy who finally makes her feel at home. *** Tired of being the least favorite, Euphemia Villasenor faces her limits when her father suddenly announces her engagement to a stranger. As much as she wants her father's love and attention, she can't let anyone rule her life that way. And so when she's finally sick of the hurtful and unfair treatment that she gets from her own family, Euphemia decides to move to her mother's land in Cagayan to start anew. There, she meets and falls for Legend Ellington, a worker in their farm...or so she thinks. As Euphemia tries to balance her work and studies, she encounters a problem that shakes up her whole world. Sick of being hurt, can Euphemia still have the courage to face everything head on and find her way back home? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Design by Louise De Ramos

| 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.

| Stonehearts #8 | COMPLETED | A crystal of positive attitude, a ray of growth and a blinding sunshine, Vivienne Peridot Hermoso is one radiant energy. This lady born on the 19th of August always believed that by honoring positivity, abundance in everything will follow. So when she learned something that is detrimental to everything she had hoped and wished for, she saw to it that her receptiveness and maturity will peek thru her dilemma. It took her awhile in her quest to understand the game of the universe being played on her but later on accepted and decided to move on. But when she got everything controlled and her next moves planned, one man came barging in and started ruining her every scheme.

| C O M P L E T E D | 21 JANUARY 2020 - 31 AUGUST 2020 | Stonehearts Series #7 | Ruby Carianne Barrameda isn't your typical girl. Fiery and captivating just like her birth stone, this lady born on the 20th of July, never once backed down to a challenge. With her wit and luster of positive attitude, every task she's given will be marked done and completed before it even started. This young lady always thought that the inextinguishable flame inside her heart would never die just as long as she maintain her life-force energy to be clear of hatred, motivated, and confident. And that it would be easier for her to overcome any timidity she faces along the way. But is her radiance and determination be enough for this man? Or does she need to break her heart to save his?