Mass Effect Milky Way

Isang mapagmahal at mabuting asawa si Dave Justin Alarcon at malapit na sana siyang maging ama nang sa hindi inaasahang pangyayare ay nabaril ang kanyang asawa sa isang bank robbery na ikinamatay nito. Nabiyudo ng maaga at nawalan ng direksyon ang buhay ni Dave. Isang dalagang guro si Leslie Hidalgo na nakatira sa maynila, Kinailangan niyang umuwe ng probinsya sa pakiusap ng mga magulang ng kanyang ina. Sa pagbalik niya ng probinsya ay nalaman niyang nagawa siyang ipagkasundo ng kanyang abuelo sa apo ng isang mayamang angkan sa kanilang lugar, na pinagkakautangan ng malaki ng kanyang lolo Arturo. Labag man sa kanyang kalooban ay pumayag na rin siya sa kasunduan dahil nakasalalay ang kanilang koprahan, ganoon na rin ang bahay at lupa ng lolo't lola niya. Ngunit nakita niya agad ang masamang ugali ng lalaking kanyang pakakasalan, kaya bago dumating ang araw ng engagement party ay tumakas na si Leslie at bumalik ng maynila. Pinagtagpo ng tadhana ang kanilang landas ng mabundol ng kotseng minamaneho ni Dave si Leslie ng dahil sa kalasingan. Naging kargo niya ang babae dahil nagpanggap itong nawalan ng ala-ala upang mapagtaguan ang lalaking pakakasalan. Naawa ang ina ni Dave sa babae kaya kinupkop ito at inalagaan. Sa paglipas ng mga araw ay nahulog ang loob ni Dave sa babae ngunit pilit namang pinaglabanan nito ang nararamdaman. Paano kung malaman niya na ang babaeng kinupkop nila ay ikakasal na pala sa iba? May patutunguhan pa kaya ang nararamdaman ni Dave para sa dalagang tumakas sa napagkasunduang kasal? Ano kaya ang magiging reaksyon ni Dave kung mabatid niya na nagpapanggap lang na may amnesia ang babaeng muling nakapagpaibig sa kanya?

As the youngest daughter of the Costellos, I had always lived in my sister’s shadow. That was until five years ago, when she betrayed the family and ran off with a street thug. I took her place and completed the wedding with Elio Ross. Over the years, he loved and indulged me, but we never got a marriage license. He always said family matters kept him busy, and that, with or without it, I was his wife in his and the family’s eyes. I believed him. Until today… I watched as Elio walked out of the church with my sister Alyssa, who had been missing for five years, both of them wearing the family rings that symbolized their union. At the church entrance, three black SUVs opened their doors simultaneously, and my three brothers stepped out in tailored suits. “The ceremony’s done? We’ve already booked Antonio’s to celebrate Alyssa’s return.” They climbed into the cars, expressing their joy, while no one noticed my pale, shattered face across the street. Later that night, under the guise of apology, my sister let a venomous spider bite me. “A substitute is always a substitute. Now that I’m back, it’s time for you to die.” I screamed for help. However, my husband and my three brothers only rushed to hold my sister, who had pretended she had fallen, without a glance at me, writhing from the poison. They called in every specialist from the hospital, only to tend to my sister’s scraped knee. That was the moment my heart truly broke. After being dragged back from death’s door by the doctors, I made my decision. I picked up the phone and called the International Private Island Exchange. “That isolated, uninhabited island… I’ll take it.”

I was diagnosed with cancer. After much deliberation, I called my husband. He fell silent for a long while. “Most of our mortgage is unpaid, and our children need money for school. You should go for conservative treatment.” I called my mother while weeping. “You’re so troublesome. None of my friends or family have cancer!” I stopped crying and started living for myself. God favored me and let me see reality early in my life. He even gave me a chance to start over.

I was at the Blood Registry office to reissue my Blood Covenant Certificate with Lord Ethan when the registrar looked up at me and said, “Your Blood Covenant Certificate is forged.” “There is no record of your bond in the vampire consort system.” I froze. “That’s impossible,” I whispered. “I registered my union with Lord Ethan five years ago. Please check again.” The clerk searched once more. “Lord Ethan’s record is here,” he said calmly. “His lawful consort is Ella.” Ella? The name fell like a blade. Before he said it, I still hoped it was a clerical mistake. But Ella… was his childhood companion. In that moment, everything made sense. In five years, he had never marked me. He had publicly acknowledged me as his Blood Queen, letting the entire Coven believe I stood beside him by right. He had given me titles, a throne at his side, and a crown to wear in front of the world. Titles can be announced. Only the Registry makes it law. The certificate he gave me had been nothing but a beautiful lie. The five years I believed were happiness— were nothing more than a carefully forged illusion. An illusion crafted to keep me obedient, grateful, and blind. If none of it was ever truly mine, if even the title of “Blood Queen” was only a performance, then leaving should be easy.

[WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS MATURE CONTENTS!!!] “Princess, I love you. With all my heart. With all my life. More than life itself. I’m so glad that I found you. Remember princess, I love you.. till my last dying breath, till the day I die.” – Rai. “That’s right, baby girl. You. Are. Mine! Ever since the day you were born, you are mine! God created you for me and no one else! Remember that, baby girl.” – Damian. Meet Katarina, a cheerful, free-spirited woman with a dark past, whose fate brought her to two best friends - Damian, the charming, easy-going one, and Rai, the calm, gentle one. Her prince charming and her knight in shining armor, each with secrets of their own. Different yet similar in their own way, best friends nonetheless. Both loving her, both wanting her. Would she be able to choose between the two of them? Who would be her greatest love and who would be her worst heartbreak? Would any of them be her always? Her forever? What would happen when their demons started to haunt them again? Could she be the strength of someone else despite all her traumas? Could their love survive those many obstacles and tragedies? Could love really conquer all? Would they finally be able to have their ‘happily ever after’? Find it out in this love-triangle romance with dark twists. Cover by: @Rainygraphic

On my wedding day, Ethan Westbrook's ex-girlfriend sent word that she was terminally ill. Her dying wish was to wear a wedding dress once in her life. Ethan locked me in the waiting room while he prepared to hold the ceremony with her instead of me to fulfill this wish. I heard his impatient voice through the door as he said to me, "Can't you show some compassion? She's dying. What's wrong with granting her one final wish?" Later, the guy next door who had carried a torch for me for years climbed to the rooftop and begged me to marry him. Ethan stared at me with bloodshot eyes. "Are you really going to throw away our seven-year relationship just for him?" I brushed his hand away. "Should I just let him die? It's only a marriage certificate. Where's your compassion now?"

Akala ni Krystal ang pagmamahalan nila ni Conor ay pangmatagalan na, hanggang sa planuhin ni Valeria, ang nanay ni Conor na sirain ang pagmamahalan nila. Ginamit ni Valeria si Celeste dahil ito ang gusto niyang babae para sa anak niya. Gusto niyang mawasak ang pagmamahalan nilang dalawa ni Conor para magawa niya ang plano niya na maipakasal si Celeste at Conor. Dahil sa sakit ng nangyari, tinago ni Krystal ang anak nila ni Conor, ngunit dahil sa stress ay agad niya itong ipinanganak at sinabi sa kaniya na ito na ay pumanaw. Dahil sa sakit ay tumakbo siya paalis dahil doon ay naaksidente siya at nakalimot. Pitong taon ang lumipas, nagkita silang muli, si Krystal bilang jewelry designer, si Conor na may ari ng isang shop at may anak na. Ngunit dahil sa pagkawala ng kaniyang alaala ang dati niyang pagmamahal kay Conor ay tuluyan na niyang nakalimutan. Muli kaya niyang maibabalik ang alaala na nawala sa kaniya? Paano kung maibalik niya ang alaalang ito? Kakayanin niya kayang dalhin muli ang sakit nito?

My mate, Alpha Ryan, started skipping my healer's appointments after I got pregnant. He always blamed pack business. But I found him at the clinic anyway. He was with another pregnant she-wolf—his childhood friend, Bonnie. He held her with a tenderness he no longer gave me. "I'll take responsibility for this child," he promised her. "He'll be safe." His words shattered my world. Their child? I stormed in to confront them and saw it: his temporary mark on her neck. He swore the pup wasn't his. He claimed a rogue attacked her and the mark was only for protection. His lie was a knife twisting in our mate bond. I was carrying his pure-blooded heir. But he let the pack brand my child a bastard, while hailing her half-blood pup as his true heir. To protect Bonnie, he locked me in a silver-laced cell. The silver was a living death. He didn't realize his mistake until I took the forbidden herbs, sacrificing our child and collapsing in a pool of my own blood. Only then did he cradle my broken body, begging for a forgiveness I would never give.

Lena Clermont fell hard for her dad's friend, Andrew Rohan—twelve years older. The first time she saw him, he was all sharp suits and broad shoulders, effortlessly standing out. He smiled, patted her head, and handed her a princess dress. Fast forward to twenty. He got drugged at a banquet. She wore that same dress, offering herself as the cure.

My best friend's brother and I have been dating for half a year, and she has no clue. My best friend drags me out on Christmas for a singles' night out. Unexpectedly, we see her brother, Chris Lambert, holding hands and kissing a girl under the fireworks. "Damn, Chris finally got the school belle!" She looks thrilled and pulls me forward to say hi. Chris awkwardly rubs his nose and introduces me to his girlfriend, "This is my sister, and the one beside her is… sort of like my sister too." I smile silently. We have held hands and kissed, yet now, I am just sort of like his sister.