Lumi-as someone who's being told what to believe and hope in everything as she grows up-reckons that living is a way to comply with and entrust one's entire life to serving superiors on top of the hierarchy. Who will not think of that way anyway? Being harbored in the lands of Castellanos, it is engraved in her mind that she lives to pay her debt of gratitude to the family who sheltered her, who protected her from all the cruelties the outside world has to offer behind those fences. What they're doing is to protect her life and welfare-that's what they told her. So there's no other way to live but be the gullible and obedient yokel of the Castellano clan, because they're doing everything just for her safety. But that's before her life turns upside-down as she discovers a strange note from the attic. "To whoever finds this message, they erased us. This is all that remains. Remember us, please." What does the note want to convey? Is it just one of those mundane trivial stuff found in an attic like the usual when someone decides to clean it? Or is it something connected to her... "safety?" For sure it is for her safety. That's what they always tell her. But what one hears is not always the version of reality. Most of the time, it is the most convenient scheme to twist and bend the truth. That... That's what they will never tell her. --- Start: July 01, 2020 End: December 02, 2020

Top one, perfectionist, ballerina, impulsive, at amazona. Yan si Alzeah Marie Constantino! Naniniwala siyang siya ay maganda, magaling, matalino, pero h'wag kayo dahil hindi rin siya nagpapatalo. She cursed a lot, she didn't have friends aside from her lazy, lazy, lazy childhood frenemy and neighbor, Tyrone James Dela Cruz. Mabait lang si Zeah kay Tyrone, pero si Tyrone, sa kanya lang masungit. One time, they both saw Tyrone's first love and his friend making out and Zeah got really mad. She wanted to get revenge for Tyrone by being his tutor and life coach. Would Tyrone fall for Zeah or was it the other way around considering the fact that Zeah never thought of having a love life since she wanted to prioritize his studies and career first? "Once upon a time, there was no happily ever after and happy ending. Once upon a time, there was no once upon a time for life is not a fairy tale."

Short Stories/Novellas about side characters from Montello High: School of Gangster. Written by Siel and/or @mzobjel Story Cover created by Jeyne Riego Torrealba

What's a reckless transferee with a feisty attitude got to do when her new school puts the lives of its students in danger? According to Summer Leondale...try and save it, of course. *** Used to being the new girl, Summer Leondale thinks nothing of staying long in her new school Montello High before she gets kicked out again for not being a model student. But she can't be further from the truth when she discovers that Montello High is more than what meets the eye--a school for delinquents with two rival gangs running the campus. Summer's chance for a normal high school life gets thrown out the window when she gets involved with Van Freniere, the leader of one of those gangs and rumored to be connected to an underground organization. A fire, murders, death threats, and more mysteries...Montello High is a magnet for danger, and Summer's attraction to Van has warning signs all over it. But when the school is surrounded by sinister forces that puts its students' lives in danger...well, Summer's always been a reckless troublemaker, and it's up to her to save it--if she can. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela

[ZyMiYa Trilogy: Book 2 - Mika] Language: Taglish Started in Sept 2018 | Finished in *** Blurb: Mikaela is suffering both quarter life crisis and 7 year itch all at the same time. Wanting to find herself albeit in the graduating year, lumipat siya ng ibang course making her family disappointed. This took a toll to her relationship with longtime boyfriend, Jupiter Frias. She feels so stuck and saturated hanggang ma-meet niya si Juan Danyel Mansueto-Sobrevega, a lazy, shameless, and socially-challenged man who has a very high IQ but has little to no EQ, and is willing to win her heart. Will Mikaela choose to stay, o pipiliin niya bang sumama kay Danyel na araw-araw pinapatunayan ang masamang ugali ni Jupiter when she knew that this guy is another type of evil?

When Louisse Salazar, tough, assertive, and cynical, loses in a debate against charming and annoying football quarterback Cascade 'Kade' Ongpauco, she never thought she'd find herself falling head first into his arms. The problem is: she's trying her hardest to stop herself--even if Kade is ready to catch her. *** Louisse has always kept her heart under lock and key--until Kade. Brick by brick, he tears down her walls, determined to love her even when she thinks she's not worth the trouble. Both best friends and lovers, Louisse starts to give herself to the seemingly right relationship, letting her guard down...when complications with their families arise and Louisse shuts down again. When this breaks them apart, will Kade fight for her--for them? Or will he give up, and will Louisse let him? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

UNIVERSITY SERIES #5. Ever since they were kids, Avianna Diaz from UST Architecture and Larkin Sanchez from UP Film were inseparable, not until Larkin's fame grew over time, and they suddenly found themselves taking different roads at the same time.

Ang Unang Serye. "Isang araw, nagising na lang ako sa loob ng kuwentong isinulat ko." Natuklasan ni Faye na nagagawa niyang makapasok sa kuwento na kaniyang isinulat. Ang kaniyang nobelang Salamisim ay tungkol sa pagmamahalan ng isang dalaga na anak ng gobernadorcillo at ng isang binatang nabibilang sa samahan na naglalayong pabagsakin ang pamahalaan. Nakilala ni Faye ang lahat ng karakter na kaniyang pinangalanan. Naranasan niya ang lahat ng eksena na binuo ng kaniyang malikhaing kaisipan. At narinig niya ang lahat ng linya na kaniyang pinaghirapan. Hindi siya naniniwala sa Happy Ending, ngunit paano na ngayong nakilala niya si Sebastian Guerrero? Ang pangalawang tauhan na siyang magiging hadlang sa kuwento. Hanggang saan ang kayang gawin ng manunulat upang protektahan ang kaniyang akda kung mahuhulog ang kaniyang damdamin sa antagonista? Date Started: February 29, 2020 Date Finished: May 26, 2020 Published by Flutter Fic/ Anvil Publishing All Rights Reserved 2020

(Game Series # 7) Jersey thought that her life's already as good as it's gonna get... Wala naman siyang karapatang magreklamo-pasalamat pa nga raw siya 'di siya pina-abort ng nanay niya nung nabuntis siya ng tatay niya. Pero araw-araw din naman sa kanyang pina-mukha 'yun... Hanggang isang araw, napagod na siya at lumuwas na sa Maynila. Bahala na. Kahit wala siyang kilala roon, kahit hindi niya alam kung saan magsisimula. Basta mahalaga, malayo na siya sa nanay niya. Pero mali pala siya... maling-mali. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng mapagsamantalang tao. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng manloloko. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng manggagamit sa kanya... Gusto niya nang mawalan ng pag-asa. Mabuti na lang dumating siya.

(Yours Series # 3) Kelsey Fuentes thought that after her failed experience in marriage, she would never dare try again. She was contented with her work and with her daughter. All she ever really wanted was for the people around her to let her be and to stop asking her to find someone to marry and 'complete' her. She tried that. It did not work. It was quite traumatizing. Never again. End of discussion. But apparently, it is true... that when you are not looking and least expecting, that is when you will find 'the one.'