When Aira stumbles upon a mysterious, coverless book during a rainy night, she feels an inexplicable pull—like a forgotten heartbeat calling her name. The moment she touches its pages, she is transported into The Shattered Realm, a world she has never known yet somehow remembers. There, she meets Kael, a stoic guardian whose fate in the original story was sealed by death. But Aira’s arrival rewrites destiny itself.

Tasked with finding three ancient relics to stop the world from collapsing in 100 days, Aira navigates shifting timelines, illusions, monsters born from despair, and secrets the book itself hides. As the realm bends and breaks around them, she and Kael form a bond that feels older than memory—something powerful enough to defy the Void consuming their world.

But saving the realm comes with a price: one life, one love, or one future must be sacrificed—and Aira must choose.

The Riftborn screamed—an unearthly, hollow shriek that rattled the crystal trees and shattered lantern-lights hanging in the air. Shadows spilled from its body like smoke crawling across the ground, reaching for Aira's feet.


Kael fought like a man carved from fire and fury. His golden blade burst with light every time it cut through the creature, but each strike only made the monster reform—stronger, darker, hungrier.


The silver-eyed man staggered backward, clutching his infected arm. The shadow spreading through it pulsed like living veins.


"Aira—don't come closer!" he gasped. "It spreads through breath… through touch."


Kael shot him a look of pure rage. "I told you—your presence draws them!"


The silver-eyed man snarled. "If I hadn't shoved her out of the way, she would be dead!"


Aira trembled, torn between them as the ground vibrated with the creature's footsteps.


The Oracle's voice echoed again, colder this time:


"This world corrects itself by unleashing its own nightmares.


The Void stirs, and the Riftborn are only its beginning."


The Oracle pointed at the creature. "A realm where erased fates rot. It smells a broken thread… and you are the brightest anomaly."


The Riftborn turned its empty eyes toward Aira.


Kael reacted instantly—throwing himself between her and the beast.


But the ground split open beneath her, cracks glowing like liquid ink. Tendrils shot upward, trying to pull her into the abyss.


but one of the shadow tendrils wrapped around his leg, yanking him downward.


The Riftborn leapt for him—its claws aimed at his throat.


The silver-eyed man tried to intervene, but collapsed to his knee, darkness crawling up his chest.


"Aira," Kael gasped, still being pulled down. "Stay back—don't risk yourself—"


His voice broke as the creature pounced.


Chapter 10 - Chapter 9 - Monsters From the Void