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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 battlefield trembled beneath their feet, a fractured wasteland on the verge of collapse. The air crackled with Rift energy, a storm of violet and gold tearing at the edges of reality. Ethan and Mia stood resolute, their silhouettes stark against the swirling chaos, facing the figure who had once been their closest ally.

Kael—no longer human, no longer merely Riftborn—stood at the eye of the storm, his golden-ringed eyes glowing with unnatural brilliance. His sword pulsed with veins of shifting purple and gold, humming with a resonance that seemed to vibrate through existence itself.

Ethan exhaled slowly, his breath misting in the frigid air. His grip tightened around his longsword, the golden runes along its blade flickering faintly. He had fought Riftspawn, kings, gods—but this was different.

This was a war for reality itself.

The Riftborn’s Defiance