She never thought a simple "hi" or a borrowed pen could make her heart feel so full. Every small gesture, every fleeting glance, carried more than friendship-but she never found the courage to say a word. Then one day, she saw him with someone else. Laughing, holding hands, sharing a closeness she had only imagined. The quiet moments she treasured suddenly felt fragile, as if they had never been hers at all. Maybe it was love. Maybe it was longing. Maybe some feelings aren't meant to be understood-only felt. Some love story ends..before they even have a chance to begin.

In a world ruled by blood, fear, and secrets, Selene Luxira Montenegro is untouchable. A queen of the shadows, she inherited an empire built on violence and perfection, where betrayal is punished with death, and loyalty is the only law that matters. Fear is her ally, she control her own principles and her every move she makes it perfectly and no one cares to touch her beneath of her soul. Far away, Cassian Orion Valderama lives a life of discipline, honor, and quiet torment. Born into a legacy of soldiers, he knows the cost of weakness and the weight of duty. But even the most controlled life cannot ignore a force that moves like fire in the dark. Two worlds, separate yet bound by fate. A woman who rules with blood. A man who lives by steel. And a thread connecting them that neither can resist. When their paths finally collide, nothing will remain untouched-desire, power, and blood will intertwine, and empires will bleed.

Eighteen years of love, laughter, and a life she thought she knew... all gone in a single moment. Aurora "Rory" Quinn Velasco has always lived a quiet, simple life in the countryside with the only parents she's ever known. But one day, her world turns upside down when her real family comes to claim her, whisking her away to the city, a grand mansion, and a prestigious university she's never imagined. Thrown into a world of wealth, mystery, and rules she doesn't understand, Rory must navigate a life where nothing is familiar-and everyone has secrets. Then there's him. Sebastian Ezekiel Delos Reyes-the campus president, rich, handsome, untouchable, and rumored to be impossible to get close to. But sometimes, the hardest hearts are the ones worth chasing... Until I Found You is a story of lost pasts, hidden truths, and hearts that collide when worlds are meant to stay apart.

This is the story of Alina and Marcus. We were seventeen when we thought love was enough. Seventeen when we made promises under an acacia tree, believing the world would wait for us. Back then, everything felt simple that filled with his laughter, my stubbornness, the way our hands fit like they were always meant to. But life isn't gentle with young love or being inlove with someone in a wrong timing. We were pulled apart by choices, by fear, by circumstances neither of us were ready to face. Ten years passed. Ten years of silence, growth, and memories that refused to fade. Now, Alina has returned - not as the girl she once was, but as a woman shaped by responsibility, sacrifice, and a daughter who carries more truth than the world knows. Marcus stayed, carrying his own regrets, never fully understanding why the girl he loved disappeared without letting him fight for her. When they meet again, it isn't fireworks, but it filled with regrets, sorrow, hopeful mindset that believing they could get back to the love they used to. Their conversations match with heavy hearts to what they cannot say. The past lingers between them - soft, painful, unfinished. And just when it feels like maybe, just maybe, they could find their way back... tragedy strikes. A single moment changes everything. A phone call. A hospital room. Blood. Tears. Words that were almost said but not quite. This story doesn't have an ending yet. Because love like theirs doesn't end easily. It lingers. It waits. It tests. When We Were Seventeen is about first love that never truly died, about the weight of secrets, about time lost and time borrowed. It's about whether two people who once broke each other can learn how to heal - slowly, painfully, honestly. Because sometimes, the hardest thing isn't falling in love at seventeen. It's finding the courage to love again when you're no longer seventeen.