Imasxygirl
Hiraeth Series #1
Gia Colleen Dela Vegas, a burnt-out Manila girl exiled to the quiet mountains of Sagada after a string of reckless choices. Expecting boredom, she finds something worse. Silence. No parties. No noise. Just trees, fog, and far too much time to think.
But as days pass, Colleen is pulled into the quiet rhythms of the town, the warmth of community work, and the slow revealing of old wounds. Hers, and those she didn't know belonged to her family. Haunted by memories, guarded by guilt, and shadowed by a boy named Sebastian Salem Mendoza who seems to know more than he says, Colleen starts to realize that maybe this escape wasn't punishment. Maybe it was a beginning.
A story about grief, growth, and the love that lingers in silence, Underneath the Surface asks: who are you, when there's no one left to perform for?