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In a bustling modern city where ancient secrets and mysterious powers collide with everyday life, 22-year-old Ethan Cross seems like your average college student. Behind his unassuming demeanor lies a man shrouded in secrets—a masked vigilante known only as "Virtuoso," feared by criminals and sought after by powerful organizations.

Ethan is overpowered, sarcastic, and ridiculously skilled at everything he does. But there's one thing he’s terrible at: romance. When the enigmatic and fiercely independent Mia Harper stumbles into his life, she unknowingly becomes the key to unraveling a conspiracy that ties Ethan's past to an ancient prophecy.

Between laugh-out-loud moments, explosive action, and unexpected twists, Ethan navigates his double life while trying to protect Mia, keep his identity hidden, and maybe—just maybe—figure out how to confess his feelings without being a complete disaster.

The Masked Virtuoso

The ground shook violently as Rift energy spiraled out of control. The chamber that once held Nathaniel Cross—or whatever he had become—was imploding around them.

Ethan staggered, shadows instinctively forming a barrier around his team as cracks in reality split the air like shattered glass.

"Move!" Selene's voice cut through the chaos.

Kieran pushed himself up from where Nathaniel had thrown him. "That was not normal!"

Nefera's chains snapped outward, grabbing onto the fractured walls as the terrain tilted unnaturally, warping under the Rift's influence. "The whole place is breaking apart!"

Mia stood frozen for a second, her eyes flickering between the gateway where Nathaniel had disappeared and the exit leading back to the surface.

"Mia!" he shouted, his shadows wrapping around her wrist, pulling her toward him. "Now's not the time!"

She blinked, hesitated—then nodded. "Right. Let's go."

The Ruins of Riftfall