Keys of Serenity (Ossia Ad Libertum I)

In the heart of Old Quezon-where the past lingers in cobbled streets and the future presses like a crescendo-two souls meet at the fault line between brilliance and collapse.

Antoinette Laven Ilustre is a reclusive piano prodigy, raised in silence and sculpted by perfection. To falter is unforgivable. To feel too deeply, dangerous.

Altair Zadion De Leon, adored by millions as a beloved actor, hides behind the spotlight. Beneath the crafted charm and public polish lies his true longing: a life composed in music, not in performance.

When fate-and a professor with quiet foresight-pairs them for a recital, guarded walls begin to crack. Their rehearsals become confessions. Their music, a language more intimate than words. But as secrets surface and the outside world intrudes, the harmony they've built begins to unravel-note by note.

Months later, with nothing left but a stage and a song unfinished, Antoinette plays one final piece. In every pause, every chord, a question lingers: can music say what the heart could not?

Keys of Serenity is a sweeping and bittersweet sonata of restraint and reckoning, of two artists caught between legacy and longing. A story for those who have loved in silence-and never truly stopped.

Keys of Serenity
Ossia Ad Libertum Series
LadyAru 2025