🎖️ FULLY COMPLETED 🎖️ They trained to protect lives. They weren't trained to protect their hearts. Charlee Ivelle Perez crossed oceans to chase her dream of becoming a naval officer. The United States Academy of Naval Command was supposed to test her discipline, her strength, and her resolve-not her heart. Then she met Kenrick Van Sanchez. Disciplined. Respected. Untouchable. A man already bound by a promise to someone else. For Cha, it was love at first sight. For Ken, she was the one person who threatened everything he believed he owed to his future. But some battles can't be won through discipline alone. As friendship turns into something deeper, the line between loyalty and love begins to blur. Then one devastating misunderstanding shatters everything they had planned for their future and the life they never got the chance to build together. Years later, fate places them side by side once again-no longer midshipmen chasing dreams, but officers carrying the weight of everything they left unfinished. The love they buried has never truly disappeared. Neither has the pain. Now Ken must decide whether love deserves another chance... before the woman he never stopped loving walks away forever. Because sometimes love isn't enough the first time. Sometimes it takes losing everything to learn how to choose each other. ❤️ Tropes You'll Love • Slow Burn • Second Chance Romance • Military Romance • Protective Hero • He Fell Harder • She Fell First • Emotional Healing • Heavy Angst • Happy Ending ⚠️ Content Advisory This story contains mature themes, emotional trauma, military violence, grief, and a few chapters with mature sexual content. Content warnings are provided at the beginning of applicable chapters. ❤️ No Love Triangle Endgame ✨ Guaranteed Happy Ending If you enjoy emotional slow-burn romances, protective heroes, military settings, heartfelt character growth, and second chances, this story is for you.

May mga lugar na hindi mo planong puntahan. At may mga taong kailanma'y hindi mo inakalang makikilala mo. Carmelle Allyza Vinzon, a city girl raised in privilege and expectations, has always longed to be known for her own voice as a singer. After a viral mistake, she finds herself sent away to the quiet town of Valle Sereno-far from the life she knew. There, she meets Anton Trevor Dawson, a presence that feels strangely familiar and unsettlingly comforting. In the stillness of the province, Carmelle discovers a love that slowly turns her world into something she never expected. Now she must choose between the life she left behind and the place that finally feels like home. Can two people choose different paths and still find their way back to each other? Plagiarism is a crime. *** There are a few chapters with mature themes. Read at your own risk. NO SOFT COPIES ©2026 @syaleullein31 Date Started: May 01, 2026 Finished:

"What are those, zombies?" How fascinating yet concerning it is to find a young kid to ask such an interesting and frightening question. They wouldn't mind it if refers to a certain movie, but a question that relates to reality? Oh, that's sick. "I wish they were, you see, zombies were easier to kill, but these bastards run like humans, think like us, and..." The man with long hair and heterochromia rests his gun beside him. "And?" she asked. Her voice was filled with fear and anticipation, holding her favorite teddy bear. Her eyes widened in amusement as the guy pointed his gun towards her. "And even act like one," With that, he shot her on her head, her lifeless body hits the floor covered with her blood that is as dark as their souls, if they still have one to begin with. She was one of them, it was good he killed her before she kills everyone in that room. "You're one of them," The guy turned to face the woman that approached him. "No need to emphasize, I am aware, you're no different." he answers back. Trust, something that the world lacks. How can you possibly trust someone if you don't even trust yourself in the first place? Two people, different goals, One to find her brother, The other was to find an answer, but both walking on the same cliff of hell. If you see them, those who looks pretty normal, but eats and kill, those who runs like a living corpse. Run... Run like your life depends on it, Cause it does, But, what's scarier... The bots? The Cyber-Humans? The psychos amid apocalypse? A guy who called himself 'Zero'? Or the woman whose name is 'Ray'? - [Don't read the EPILOGUE if you don't want spoilers!] [ You have my word, this story is a rollercoaster ride of emotion with heavy scenes, I swear I made sure all chapters are worth it, I won't waste your time, enjoy yourself. ] @ekks

After serving four years in prison because of the sin she committed. Agustina Maia Medina tried to return to her old life and start over hoping to reunite with her eight-year-old son. She knew from her blasphemous desire; she would face her beloved ex-husband again- Hidalgo Armani. She was sure that if she wanted to see their son, she would have to face Hidalgo. The man she never thought seven years later had changed a lot. Hidalgo Armani is determined to shut August out in their son's life no matter how hard she works to prove herself. While she's doing everything to regain Hidalgo's trust, Hidalgo is doing everything to hurt her. Hidalgo is taking his revenge because she left him before. Will this request to torture her by becoming his sex slave destroy Augustina forever? But will love to be rekindled in the middle of revenge? Can the truth of yesterday save their relationship or will they be destroyed forever by being hurt and tormented by the fate that turned their fate into a game? Will Augustina find a way to pay for her mistakes in the past in order to build a love out of forgiveness and healing?

*THE WATTYS 2025 SHORTLIST* Cassandra, an engineering student, was orphaned young. Since her parents died, she supported herself and her brother. She took all kinds of jobs to pay for their studies and her brother's medical care. She's cheerful, mischievous, and loving, but she never expected her life to change when she met Zac Miguel Ortega, a professor at her university.

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Down Bad Men Series#1 Kilala si Percival Blackridge sa pagiging calculated pagdating sa business... mautak at hindi madaling mauto ng kahit sinuman. He built walls that no one could even try to climb, and he set strict boundaries when it came to love. Sabi ng karamihan, mataas ang standard niya pagdating sa babae at sobrang pihikan sa pagpili. Ngunit hindi nila alam na may malalim na dahilan sa likod ng lahat kung bakit siya ganoon kailap at kaingat. ​But unpredictability came and completely crushed all the boundaries that Percival had set for himself. ​Eshana Aragon entered the picture... the only woman who could bring out a side of him he never knew existed. ​Ang tanging gusto lang naman ni Eshana ay magkaroon ng matatag na trabaho para matustusan ang nanay niyang dalawang taon nang paralisado dahil sa stroke. She badly needed money for her mother's medical expenses, so she accepted the offer and became a full‑time helper. She thought it would be a simple job, but her beauty and innocence completely captivated this picky CEO... leaving him down bad enough to claim her forever.

Please don't read this if you're not ready‼️🔞 Elijah is an innocent, virginal young woman from a poor family, yet they were well cared for in the Archangel village. She dreams of continuing her education, and when a job opportunity comes her way, she immediately accepts it. There, she meets a man she is meant to serve and she could never have imagined that her own blood would be the offering for him.

WARNING: 🔞 Seven years of work gave Kaevra Nysera Biancardi the career she had always dreamed of, yet success could never fill the quiet emptiness waiting for her at the end of each day. On a whim, she downloaded a dating app and met a man known only as Carneige, a stranger with no photograph, no real name, and no past he was willing to reveal. Somehow, behind the anonymity, he understood her in ways no one else ever had. As weeks slipped into months, their late-night conversations became the one part of her day she never wanted to end. The more she learned about him, the more mysterious he became, answering every question with just enough truth to keep her close while guarding the rest behind silence. She knew almost nothing about the man who had quietly found a place in her heart. Everything changed when a single message appeared on her screen. "Come see me." A plane ticket followed, along with enough money to make the journey. Every instinct told her to walk away from a man she had never truly known, yet she chose him anyway, unaware that some secrets are impossible to outrun and some strangers leave scars that last long after love has gone.

[TAGALOG] Pumasok ka sa Mansion. Mansion na magmimistulang kulungan mo. Ikaw ang laruan at alaga nila, sila ang amo na susundin mo. Makakayanan mo ba maging alaga nila? Lalo na't 'yung apat na magiging amo mo ay mga bampira, bampirang maglalaro sa dugo at buhay mo. AN: THIS STORY IS R18 Uulitin ko R18 po ito, so sa mga hindi open minded d'yan at hindi nakabase ang utak sa PLOT ng STORY. Wag mo na lang basahin at wag na wag mong ire-REPORT dahil hindi naman po ako nagkulang sa paalala. Thank you. | MATURE CONTENT | I don't own any images I used in my book covers. Copyright to the rightful owner. ©All rights reserved 2016 No part of this story may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or means without the author's written permission. Written By: FinnLoveVenn