Dark Grace is almost reaching 100k reads with only two promotions on socmeds. That's like a lot for me---but damn, I 'effin love DG elements and symbols: that abandoned church, volcano, black roses, the gothic horror of the church, small town, old convent, the orphans, the Catholic Museum, and the underground prison---and, ah, Abaddon's POV. Gosh. DG got me on chokehold for years, pero tamad akong mag-edit. Haha. So, binalikan ko ulit yung DG at BD, tapos nabasa ko yung convo nina Ezekiel at Samael about first love, “My first love wasn't your mom.” and “Nobody taught me how to handle those emotions as an orphan.” He's really unhinged before he met Lucille. It really hits me how Ezekiel is still mourning the loss of his TOTGA, Serissa, and the rest of the series will remain that way. When I was writing Dark Grace about twin flames, I always saw Serissa and Ezekiel as two parallel lines---so close yet so far. Kailanman ay hindi magtatagpo. At first, Ezekiel was just uhm, a second MLC. Wala talaga siyang kuwento---hinubog lang siya ng buong istorya ng DG. Actually, sa mga og readers ko, SINFUL HABIT wasn't supposed to be the 3rd series; it was the spot of JEREMIAH from INFERNAL FATE, may 10 chapters na nga iyon, yung titled MIDNIGHT RITUAL, the plot was absolutely insane as well. But I couldn't take Ezekiel out of my mind! Y'know that feeling like he was alive and asking me to write his own story. Like he was bleeding, screaming, and pleading at the back of my mind. Yung parang naririnig ko yung sigaw niya na tinatawag si Serissa while sumasabog yung bulkan. Smh. Man, Ezekiel really did that. Don't get me wrong, I love all my characters and their flaws, but nothing can top that guy for me.
