Bawat Siglo (In Every Century)
In the year 1521, on a shore ruled by silence and gods older than prayer, a girl runs for her life.
Lara is bound to marry a man chosen by her family, a man with power, Spanish blood, and a name that tastes like iron. But her heart belongs to Tomas, a humble farmer with sunburned hands and eyes that see her as no one else ever has. When their forbidden love is exposed, Elias is accused of using gayuma—folk magic—to ensnare her. He is hunted. Hanged. Left to die beneath the mango tree where they once promised each other forever.
In her grief, Lara cries out—not to the saints her family worships, but to the gods of the land, the sea, and the sky. One answers.
But gods do not grant wishes without a cost.
They are granted a curse disguised as a gift:
They will find each other in every lifetime.
In every body.
In every century.
But they will never end up together.
From the Spanish conquest to World War II, from Martial Law to modern Manila, Every Century traces the aching thread between two souls who are always almost. Lovers who always remember too much—or not at all. A girl who drowns in her dreams of mango trees. A boy who carries stories in his blood. And a curse that turns their love into myth, and their longing into history.
But what happens when the cycle breaks?
When love no longer burns, but stays?
And when a god finally sleeps?
