The Unkind Fate | ✔

They always believed that love should follow only one compass: ang tibok ng puso.

Fana Santa Cruz, isang estudyante, at Francis Gelo Scent, isang guro, took the risk no one else dared to take. They stepped into a forbidden world, not because they were reckless, but because their hearts were louder than society's rules. Sa gitna ng bulong-bulungan, sa ilalim ng mapanuring tingin ng iba, they held on to each other as if love alone could shield them from the world.

Their love became a sanctuary.
Isang tahanan sa gitna ng unos.
A light that refused to die, no matter how many tried to extinguish it.

Every hardship they survived, every quiet night, every tear, every small laughter-these carved a love that felt deep, steady, and unbreakable.

But even the strongest walls can crumble under a single crack.

One secret.
One mistake.
One moment that shattered the trust they thought would last forever.

And suddenly, the world they built with such devotion began to collapse between their hands.

Trust is the root of love-the invisible pillar that keeps two hearts standing. Once it breaks, it's not just the heart that suffers. Memories, promises, futures... everything begins to fall apart.

Now they stand in the ruins of what once felt invincible, trying to gather the pieces, trying to remember what it felt like to be whole, even as they feel something inside them slipping away.
Pipiliin pa ba nila ang isa't isa?
O ito na ang sandaling kahit ang puso... napapagod na?

[MUST READ!!: The photos I used on the book cover are not mine; I just borrowed them. Credits to the photo's real owner and the person who posted this picture.]