Beauty Behind the Mask (Dark Series #1)

Kaliyah Mori experienced every hard, and bad things at a young age. She was caged by her mother in a place she never once called home. She was sheltered and hidden in the dark. She was deprived of experiencing the real meaning of life. She was deprived of feeling the real happiness outside.

She never experienced having a real friends to play with whenever she felt sad. She never experienced how does it feel to love and to be loved. Above all, she was forced to hide her face behind the mask.

Until one day, when she tried to escape from her mother's grasp, she thought she will experience the life that she dreamed for too long. But she was wrong! Instead of experiencing happiness, she experienced hell.

She was treated like a monster. Just like her name they said, she only brings death and destruction. One look from her eyes will guarantee a quick death. And even the mere whisper of her name could shatter opponents.

She was thrown different hurtful words that pierced through her soul. She was also accused of being a murderer.

How long she will endure the cruelty of the world? How long she will ignore the evillness of people?

Until that incidents happened. Their house was torched by the townspeople. She was forced to flee in a place far away from people. She found herself living in the dark forest in the province of Bicol. That's when she told herself she had enough.

She would never yearn for someone's acceptance and love. She vowed never to seek human connection again. She swore an irrevocable oath to withhold love and sympathy towards them.

It was then that she became a cold-hearted monster.

But what if, after so many long years, her deepest desires finally come within reach? What if she finds acceptance and love when she least expect it? Will she unlock the fortress around her heart, allowing love to penetrate its walls?

Torn between shadows of yesterday and tomorrow's promise, which path will she choose?