Tethered By Transience
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Last published Sun, Feb 8, 2026
Yskarain Saela Bustamante was born with everything - wealth, intelligence, and a heart carefully hidden behind walls she built herself. In a world that worships image, she learned young that money could fix anything - except the emptiness she carried inside.
Ezra Zayyan Zaragoza was everything she wasn't supposed to collide with - the golden boy, respected by everyone, with a spotless reputation and a mouth that could cut her to the bone. They clashed like fire and ice, an unbreakable boy and a broken girl who refused to be saved.
Thrown together by fate, and by a world that demanded perfection Yskarain and Ezra find themselves walking a thin line between hate and something terrifyingly real. But love isn't always enough. Not when scars run deep. Not when pride stands taller than forgiveness. And not when life teaches you that even the brightest moments have a price.
Because in Yskarain's world, there's no such thing as a happy ending. Only the wreckage left behind when you dared to believe in one.
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