Azariah Blair Guilas is the kind of girl people love to look at but never truly understand. She's Pampanga's definition of pretty, fierce, and untouchable. Always confident, always loud, always glowing. But behind the perfect makeup and sharp attitude is a girl who feels emptier than she admits, burning through life with nothing but thrill, attention, and temporary highs to keep her alive.
Until one invitation changes everything.
Aza steps into a born-again Christian church for the first time, not because she's searching for God, but because she heard there's a cute photographer in the media team.
And that's where she meets Zion Lorenzo.
Zion is calm where she is chaotic, steady where she is impulsive, and patient in a way that unsettles her. He's a church leader, an engineering student, and a man who doesn't flirt just to play. He listens, he watches, and somehow, he sees through Aza's fire without being afraid of getting burned.
As Aza keeps coming back to church, she finds herself caught between two worlds. The old Aza who craves control, desire, and freedom without limits, and the new Aza who starts to crave peace, purpose, and a love that doesn't demand she perform.
But change is never easy.
Faith is not a straight path, and Aza's heart is still full of battles she refuses to name. Zion might be the one who leads her closer to God... or the one she accidentally drags into her flames.
Because when a flower has lived in fire for too long, it doesn't know how to bloom without burning.
And in a story where love and faith collide, Azariah must decide if she's meant to be consumed by the flames she created...
or be set on fire by the One who can finally save her.
If a gay man falls for a woman, does it change who he is or just what he feels?
Alam na ni Elion Derett "Eli" Lascano kung sino siya, kung ano ang laging tinitibok ng puso niya. Mas gusto niya ang lalaki, iyon ang akala niya. Ngunit isang hindi inaasahang koneksyon ang dumating, isang damdaming hindi tugma sa lahat ng kanyang pinaniwalaan tungkol sa sarili.
Savanya Arteaga; the woman who made him question everything he thought he knew about himself.
First Book of Vexed Men Series.
Single Point of View.
Started: FEB - 08 - 2025
Ended: MAR - 01 - 2025
[REVISED]