the smoking mirror chapter 1

As a child, an innocent, our imaginations run wild. We pretend to be knights or princess', magicians or mythical creatures. Then as we age our imagination is tamed by the laws of science and everything we are taught to believe as truth. We as a race of humans can not fly or wield a wand. Dragons and mermaids don't exist. Fire burns, ice freezes, what goes up must come down. These are but a few of the truths that exist in our world, but like so many others they are false. My world was turned upside down on my 21st birthday, everything that was a truth turned out to be a lie. The world we live in, isn't what we believed it to be. My name is Alexi Drovnic, and this is my story.

Si Rain Celvero ay simpleng babae lamang na may simpleng pangarap: ang makapagtapos ng pag-aaral, ngunit sa hindi inaasahan ay napadpad siya sa delikadong lugar. Ang Monstrous Academy, isang ekswelahan kung saan nahahati ang mga estudyante sa limang uri; Ang Keen, Robust, Amiable, Probity at Insolent. Ang simpleng buhay ni Rain ay magbabago sa oras na makilala niya ang gangster na si Thunder, leader ng sikat na grupo na mas kilala bilang DARK.

Ano ang gagawin mo kung sa murang isipan nasaksihan mo na ang karumaldumal na sinapit ng pamilya mo? Pinatay sa harapan mo. Maghihiganti ka rin ba pagdating ng araw? Sa edad na sampung taong gulang nasaksihan ni Brianna Smith kung paano patayin ang kan'yang magulang at kambal na kapatid sa mismong harap niya. Nakita niya kung paano tumagos ang bala sa ulo ng mga ito. Sinunud siyang barilin ng mga hinding kilalang tao, pero sa kabutihang palad hindi siya tuluyang na sawi. Sa kan'yang pagbabalik bilang si Alexandra Lewis, dala ang galit na bumalot sa kan'yang puso na siyang nag-udyok sa kan'ya upang gumanti. Sisingilin niya ang buhay na inutang ng mga taong sangkot sa pagkamatay ng pamilya niya. "Buhay sa buhay Mr. Lim, pababagsakin kita! Pababagsakin ko ang systema mo, hindi lang systema ng katawan mo kun'di pati ng pinakamamahal mong kompanya! Take my hard revenge..."

Rhian Santos, supposed to celebrate their Graduation on a Club but why does it goes wrong? The simple celebration turns to be steamy and intense night that wasn't her intention. That night she met the Business Tycoon Ryker Brown. The man who took her innocent, she just woke up beside him. It didn't end there on what happen between them. He proposed a deal with her, she declined it but her body tells otherwise. Everything was on the right place until her biggest fear happen! She fall inlove with him! And brings her to jeopardize that breaks her heart! Falling inlove with him was the thing she fear the most, cause she know's every part of him. He is heartless, a man who doesn't know how to be serious and always look at things like a business! Is there's still a chance that he would loved her too? Knowing that Ryker Brown the business tycoon has perception that 'Woman are just like contract that have an expiration'

Ang nais lamang ni Lauren Fraia Arevalo ay maghanap ng maayos na trabaho nang iba ang kan'yang matagpuan matapos makapasok bilang sekretarya ng isa sa pinakamalaking kompanya sa buong mundo, na pinamumunuan ng walang iba kundi si Wayne Walton; mayaman, malakas ang dating, gwapo at talagang pinipilahan ng mga kababaihan, an ideal bachelor ika nga na s'yang taliwas naman sa tipo ni Lauren. Subalit ng dahil sa isang insidente sa pagitan ng mga Walton at ng kan'yang pamilya, may hindi inaasahang nangyari sa pagitan ng dalawa.

Andrei Samaniego is Vena's man of her dreams. Good looking and talented man with a brilliant mind. But the thing is, he doesn't even give a damn with her beauty. It doesn't affect him. Pero as a Silvestre's unica hija ay lumaki siyang spoiled at nakukuha lahat ng gusto niya so hindi siya sumuko. Ginawa niya ang lahat para magpapansin dito at ang malala pa ay nagtapat siya rito sa madaming tao kung saan ay tinanggihan siya nito ngunit hindi siya sumuko. Araw- araw niya pa rin itong pinupuntahan at nagpapansin rito at umaasa na isang araw ay magustuhan na siya nito ngunit gumuho ang mundo niya ng bigla na lamang niyang nalaman na ikakasal na pala ito na dahilan para magpaguho ng mundo niya. She left without a word, umaasa na sa kaniyang paglayo ay makakalimutan na niya ito. Subalit, sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana at isang linggo lamang pagkatapos niyang umalis ay ipinatawag siyang muli ng kaniyang ama dahil ang kasal daw nila ni Andrei ay nakatakda na. Ito kaya ang magiging simula ng pagiging maligaya niya o magiging mithi lamang ito para masaktan pa siya lalo ng sobra?

As a child, Rohan is forced to flee from Jade Earth to the realm of mortals; after witnessing the brutal and painful murder of his mother. Then closing his heart to mankind, Rohan lives in mental seclusion as a seed of guilt planted deep within his heart grows. However, a fascination on the new found realm flourishes after he meets Danica Stewart; a carefree Parapsychologist who is hell-bent on uncovering the mystery behind her parent’s sudden death. What happens then, when unknown and untold truths are brought to the light. How far can Rohan and Danica go to watch how fate unveils the predestined chapters of their lives, where bluebloods and mortals do not coexist.

"Just steal my fiancé. Seduce him. Make him love you. And then... break his heart." Halos umigtad si Rosette Valentino sa sinabi ni Juliette Mortez sa kanya. Para sa pera at sa kompanya niya, pinasya niyang magpanggap bilang secretary ng fiancé nito. Ito lang naman ang sikat na bilyonaryong si Elliot Jon Mallary. Misyon niyang nakawain ang puso nito at saktan sa huli ayon sa kasunduan nila ni Juliette. Gusto kasi nitong maghiganti sa pamamagitan niya at makasama ang lalaking gusto nito. Ngunit habang unti-unting nalalapit siya kay Elliot, napagtanto niyang nahulog na siya rito. Hanggang pareho silang nagkagusto sa isa't isa. At nakalimutan niyang nagpapanggap lang siya. Hanggang dumating ang araw na natuklasan nito ang totoo tungkol sa kanya. Matindi ang galit nito sa kanya at napagdesisyonan nitong alisin siya sa buhay nito. Makakahanap ba ng paraan si Rosette upang ipakita ang kanyang tunay na pagmamahal o tuluyan na bang mawawala ang kanilang pagkakataon sa pag-ibig?

Kristine likes the campus nerd for years and with a love spell, she made him fall in love-- actually, she made the campus bad boy fall for her. Uh-oh.

Hillary Amelie Marquez is a beautiful and smart-witted woman who has a strong soul and owns a big heart. Despite the rumors attacking her to be an infertile woman, behind her fit and young figure, she has kept an undisclosed secret any person should not intend to know. A secret that answers her mysterious background as the faceless heir of the Marquez Corporation, the infamous 'Yama queen' who wrecked the business world as she was titled the very first woman that succeeded in handling a company better than the articles told about her. Hillary is well-known to have pushed her family's company rankings, where she managed to trample on two of the most influential 'Big five' after two years of her reign that's still a mystery to everyone. And so her title as the 'rising phoenix' begins. Inside the walls of the renowned Marquez's main mansion, a three years old boy was hidden from the prying eyes of the media. A boy whose eyes were like the deepest part of the ocean, its beauty was remarkable than the rarest gem. Nothing was more realistic than the truth she holds, no one not even her parents knew, that the father of her child was a man who is defined to be god's favorite masterpiece. A man whose blood and eyes were considered royal and divine in the race of humankind. He goes by many names, but everyone knew him as, The Grim Reaper. A man who is infamous for brutally slaughtering heads and fiddle over human souls under his fingers. When fate favors their hearts to be one again, will Hillary be willing to attach herself again towards the overbearing, malicious, and coldblooded man who was said to live a life without mercy and is more cunning and inhuman by nature?