Our relationship was founded with lies. I gave her a new name. A new persona as Anselma Garcia. I call her Selma. Sel. The name used by the woman that I loved before. Selma doesn't remember about her past, who I was and what was her connection to me. And that is good. By pretending to be her husband under the name of Wade Gregorio, she wouldn't know that she was bound to hunt and kill me.

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Nagmahal. Nasaktan. Lumayo. Iyan ang ginawa ni Amy Solomon para makalayo lang sa pag-ibig na nanakit sa kanya. Okay na siya kung masaktan man at takasan ang lalaking minamahal. Ang mahalaga ay kasama niya ang anak niya. Isang aksidente ang nangyari at natagpuan niya ang sarili sa isang pamilya na inaangkin siya at tinatawag siyang Aria. Paninindigan na lang ba niya ang bagong pagkatao na ibinigay sa kanya?

Naniniwala ka ba sa mga diwata? Kay Bathala? Sa mga maligno o kaya ay sa mangkukulam, multo at engkanto? Sa panahon ng mga gadgets at makabagong industriya, bibihira na lang ang naniniwala sa mga iyon. Sabi nga ng karamihan, kathang isip na lang at nilimot na ng panahon. Pero hindi si Amber. Totoong naniniwala siya sa mga lamang-lupa, maligno, at sa mga kakaibang nilalang sa bundok kaya nga talagang hindi siya nagpapigil at gusto niyang isampal sa mga kakilala niya na hindi siya nababaliw at totoo ang mga nilikha na iyon. Isang kakaibang libro ang nabasa niya at unang kita pa lang niya sa drawing ni Bathalang Dimakulu ay talagang nabighani na siya sa taglay nitong kaguwapuhan. Maraming mga balita na totoong tao si Bathalang Dimakulu na dino-diyos ng isang tribu sa mabundok na parte ng Central Luzon. Hanggang sa marating niya ang bundok Tibuklu. At doon niya napatunayan na hindi siya nababaliw. Dahil sa gitna ng kagubatan, sa pusod ng bundok Tibuklu ay nasa harapan niya si Bathalang Dimakulu at mas guwapo pala siya sa personal kesa sa drawing lang.

I changed everything in me. My name, the way I look. From Carlo Santos, I've decided to become Oliver Madrid in this island. I've turned my back from my family that hurt me. Sanay na akong mamuhay mag-isa dito sa isla. Walang nakikielam, walang nakakilala sa akin. Bagong lugar, bagong pag-asa. Kaya hindi ko matanggap na may isang babae na bigla na lang susulpot sa bahay ko at sasabihing siya ang may-ari ng beach house na binili ko.

JACOBSON ALFONSO RAMIREZ. I am the joker. I am the ladies man. I am the man you can always depend on and my friends knew me to be like that. I am the super reliable private investigator that cannot go wrong. But behind my jolly persona, was the broken man that looking for answers. An answer for my dark past that can mess up with my present life.

It's a collection of the words and lines that aren't resting in my head and probably from that muscular muscle in my chest, too.

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

I'm scared of the sea. I can't help but think of the danger it brings. The width and depth seem forever. But I know that someday, I'm going to swallow all my fears and sail into that immense body of menace. Because I have to find him. I have to see him. I have words I haven't told him yet. There are things he needs to know and I don't care if it matters now or it never really mean anything at all. I just have to find him.

She vowed to stay. She just needed a keeper for maintenance. Henrietta Arturia is a drop-dead, gorgeous ice princess and yeah, a Freniere Mafia Reaper. She is an absolute recipe for immense destruction. But after witnessing Summer Leondale's courage, bravery and stupidity to fight for Giovanni Freniere, an old flame inside her spark to life and caused her to cross the dangerous line. And with all the risk and danger that she is bound to take, there is only one thing on her mission list that she has decided to push no matter how deadly it is: to seek revenge for her forlorn, unrequited love story. MONTELLO HIGH: SCHOOL OF GANGSTERS BOOK 2 Cover by Shaina Mae Navarro