i can't run away seventeen

"All the beautiful memories, just turned into a beautiful nightmares." Breaking up with the guy you love the most is the hardest part of being in love. Letting go as if it’s only the choice you need to choose. Letting go even though you want to hold that person as tightly as you can just to make that person stay besides you. I really want to hold back, I want to fight for us, but how can I do that? Kung ang taong inaasahan mong lalaban din para sa iyo ay sumuko na nang tuluyan? Paano mo pa siya hahawakan kung siya na mismo ang kusang bumibitaw? Sometimes, when you love someone, you want and wishes them the best and happiness, but then sometimes, what's best for them is not you — you're not part of it. We love each other, but we choose to let go each other, it's not because we're coward and afraid to face it, but because that's the only thing we can do to save 'us'. WHERE YOU CAN'T STAY FOREVER.

Meera Gupta, daughter of Niyati and Manish is an architect who comes back to India, after a long interval to visit her ailing grandfather, Prithviraj, whom she is most attached to. Her grandfather's last wish is getting her married and even though Meera is commitment phobic she knew she couldn't rest without fulfilling her grandfather's last wish. Arjun, son of Shantanu and Pratibha Goenka is a young man, working with his father and brothers for Goenka Constructions. He isn't ready for marriage, especially not arranged as he considers all the girls considered for his marriage to be immature and materialistic. The real fact is also that he isn't ready for marriage owing to the baggage from his past. Arjun's younger brother is Aakash is married to Divya who is Meera's cousin and confidante. To make matters worse for Arjun and Meera, Shantanu gives his word to Prithviraj to ensure that Arjun and Meera are married. To headstrong characters, who aren't ready for marriage are woven into a relationship, will they ever fall in love? Is love the only thing you need to make a marriage work?

"Iwasan mong lagi akong tingnan, bawal yan," sabi ni Kara habang kumakain. "Bakit bawal?" Kinakabahang tanong ko. Nag-iba ang pakiramdam ko, ewan ko ba sa babaeng ito, may lahi yata mangkukulam. "Baka ma-inlove ka."

…from his responsibilities as a father, hiding out from his pregnant girlfriend, and working as a groundskeeper in a rural graveyard. He’s running from a lifetime of guilt and bad decisions, but principally he’s running from the murderous entities that have possessed the very ground at his feet. Jim has no idea what these entities are, but they’ve done unspeakable things to everyone in the graveyard and now they’re hunting him down. There is nowhere Jim can hide, nowhere he can walk and nowhere he can run that isn’t under the lethal power of the things in the ground. If he stands any chance of survival he must uncover the link between his murderous tormentors, three mysterious graves and an ancient heresy that stretches back to the beginning of time. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Your love made me a new person, and I felt as if I had wings. And, as every day goes by, I think more and more like myself again. And, every day, my heart burns for you. Such a fiery, consuming, profound passion happens once in life. Reece Harrow has finally met his match. He wants the gorgeous, sensual Amara Rafferty so badly, he'll do anything to have her... including taking her in after a car accident leaves her with short-term memory loss. And protecting her when he learns she's acquired a stalker. And harder still, keeping his hands off her until she can remember. Only, Reece hadn't counted on precious Amara making his job extremely difficult... Amara's world has been turned upside down. Her only constant is her sexy ‘fiancé’, Reece. And she wants him... badly and constantly. Only, all of a sudden, he's acting noble. But not for long. Because Amara's planning a seduction he'll never forget! Before long, Amara has Reece right where she wants him... in her bed and in her heart. If only Reece was the man Amara thought he was...

Esa Dia Esaku. Penerang dalam gelapku, peneduh dari hujanku, penghangat dalam diriku. Leyka Aku tidak tahu apa arti dari nama ku. Seperti untuk kehidupan Esa. Aku tidak tahu apa arti hidupku untuk Esa. Kami dibedakan oleh ekonomi dan disatukan oleh takdir. Aku mengetahui perasaanku pada Esa. Tapi Esa tak pernah tahu akan hal itu. Aku juga tidak tahu bagaimana perasaan Esa kepadaku. Meski kami tidak bisa bersatu, aku akan tetap melindungi dan menyayangi Esa, karena dia adalah Esaku.

'What happened, Yohan?' she asked. I blurted out, 'Can I kiss you?’ A relationship blossoms when two people who love each other and understand the bond they share, the reason behind their existence and what makes them unique from others. Never Fade Away tells the story of Yohan, who is in love with Aditi, his batch mate. Yohan does not want things to slow down. So, he confesses his love to Aditi, and she accepts it. Soon their relationship goes through different stages of upheavals, yet they always find different ways to love and support each other. The day comes when an unforeseen incident changes their lives forever. Aditi is critical, and Yohan is in peril of his own, helpless. What happened that kept them stranded in such difficult situations? Will they both get up and start all over once again? Will their lives resume to its normal self?

Marked and mated, Luna Ariel lives her best life alongside her fated mate, Alpha Gorgio of Eclipse Howl, the most handsome leader of the werewolf community worldwide. The Alpha adores his Luna, never takes his eyes off her. Until she leaves for the General Meeting of the Council of Alphas in the Midnight Moon pack. And Ariel realizes she actually has two mates. Heartbroken and unable to tell the possessive Gorgio, Ariel flees to Human Town. She fears confronting him with her betrayal. But neither of her mates is willing to give her up. 'It is impossible to escape the fate of the Moon Goddess. I am waiting for you,' echoes Alpha Zane. But in the iron mate bond, she hears another call, longing yet tender. 'Where are you, my Luna? Remember your promise to love me forever.' Devastated, she listens to the two mates, knowing she can't run for long and must face this twist of fate. Until her sister offers Alpha Gorgio a great solution... or so it seems...

Hanna Ortiz, a free girl, now found herself bound by a promise she made to her mother on her deathbed, to marry someone she barely knew in order to fulfill an agreement that even she didn't understand. Everything seemed fine until her fiancé ran away, and his father had to take her place. Even if she wanted to give up, too much was at stake and there was someone she loved very much and needed to save. Hanna saw no other option but to accept the marriage arrangement with Morgan until her real fiancé, David, returned. Although Hanna was young, her age wasn't attractive enough for Morgan who had a promise on his back that prevented him from getting married, plus the fact that he and his entire family knew that Hanna's family suffered from a rare and destructive disease that could even deform the carrier, none of them could bear the thought of living with Hanna, before they even met her they already repudiated her for her appearance. On discovering that Morgan was repulsed by her, Hanna only intensified his anger and estrangement, making him think that she, like her past relatives, had also inherited the disease, making her a disfigured bride. Now, she is nothing more than a wife rejected by her husband, who sees her as a freak and an ambitious woman who will do anything for money. However, Hanna has far greater desires than money.

Elina memiliki kelebihan untuk bisa melihat benang takdir seseorang. Hal ini membuatnya bisa mengetahui siapa jodoh atau kapan seseorang akan meninggal. Namun, dengan kelebihannya, dia tidak bisa melihat takdirnya sendiri. Sampai kemudian semuanya berubah setelah Elina terbagun di ranjang dengan seorang lelaki yang benang takdirnya terhubung dengan takdirnya. "I Can See Your Destiny: Benang Pengikat Takdir." Story & Illustration by: Bintang Hamal Follow author on Instagram @hamalbinbin