One String Apart | Eleftheria Series #1

For the unlucky ones like Verana Soliz Andrada, the city felt so close yet so far. It is within her reach, but never in her grasp. To her, it's real but remains impossible.

She was just a dreamer... taga-tanaw kung gaano kaliwanag ang Maynila. Pero sa isang iglap, natagpuan siya ng liwanag nito. Never in her wildest dreams did she think the world would give her a chance. But that light didn't show her the dirt beneath the surface. Because even in the middle of the darkness, she knew the city wasn't as perfect as she once thought it was.

Everyone here is a puppet on strings. Power, connections, and wealth decide their every move. At sa mundong pera ang batayan ng lahat, anong laban niya? She's nameless, a charity case, no one. And just when she thought this part of the world would break her, Elouan Franco stepped into the picture.

A man from the opposite side of the world. A name too regal for her lips. Someone so high, so bright, and so far beyond the reach of a girl like her. Pero kahit gaanong atras at takbo ni Vera papalayo, pilit pa rin siyang binabalik ng tadhana sa kanya. And it turns out, she was tied to him by strings not wrought by power, but by something she cannot name.

This string kept pulling them together, rearranging every path they chose to cross with each other. Parang pinapaikot at pinaglalaruan. Yet, within the maze of doubt, they found the perfect rhythm, a rhythm the world hastily destroyed.

And still, they tried to hold on. But what's the sense of holding on when, from the very beginning, the strings that pulled them closer... were destined to tear them apart?