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Aking Panalangin: sequel
Two years after leaving Cagayan, Father Ethan Bustamante has become the parish priest in the quiet shores of Virac, Catanduanes. His days are filled with masses, missions, and the salty breeze of the Pacific-but not a single one passes without thoughts of Verniche Ivy Umali, the girl whose laughter, secrets, and forbidden embraces changed his life.
Their chats have grown fewer, their calls shorter-but every glimpse of her face on social media rekindles the yearning he tries so hard to bury. Vern, now older and braver, carries her own silent prayers, wondering if the man she loves behind the collar still thinks of her the same way.
In a story where prayers clash with desire, and the sea stands witness to love that shouldn't exist, Sa Dulo ng Panalangin asks: Is it enough to simply love someone in secret-or will love, one day, demand to be set free?b