Hottemper Stories

In the quiet hills of Abbottabad, life had always been simple for Reem Hayat Khan-predictable, gentle, and safe. Until she chose to leave it behind. What begins as a three-month internship in Islamabad, working with a rural welfare NGO, soon pulls Reem into a world she never knew existed. Sent to assist in medical camps across forgotten villages, she finds herself standing in places where silence speaks louder than truth, and fear lives in the eyes of people who refuse to name it. Phulgran is one of those places. A village untouched by law, yet controlled by power. A place where help is accepted... but questions are not. And at the center of it all- Atal Niazi. A man people do not speak about, only around. A name that carries authority, fear, and something far more dangerous beneath the surface. He is not a criminal in the way the world understands-he is something far more calculated. A protector to some, a destroyer to others. Where Reem seeks to heal, Atal controls. Where she listens, he extracts. Where she believes in justice, he decides it. Their worlds were never meant to collide. But when they do, the line between right and wrong begins to blur. Because in a land where the system has already failed- Power becomes law. And sometimes... the monster is the only one keeping the chaos away.

Simpleng tao lang naman ako. Na may mga simpleng pangarap sa buhay. Pangarap kong makapag tapos ng pag aaral at makahanap ng magandang trababaho. Pangarap ko rin makabili ng bahay, sasakyan. Pero paano ko makakamit yang mga pangarap na yan? Kung ni pang kain nga sa isang araw ay wala? Makapag aral pa kaya? Siguro nga hanggang dito nalang ako. Kailangan kong tanggapin na hindi ko kailanman maabot ang mga pangarap ko. --- Samantha Faith Santiago ------------------------------------------- Im proud, confident, rich and powerful. I rule. I dominate. --- Zeke Nathaniel Abello