Riftbound: When the Sky Tore
At 3:17 a.m. the sky tore open over the city.
Ren, 25, a steel-plant worker who spent her nights practicing with a training sword, was sleeping on the roof when the violet rift appeared. From the crack came creatures with stone-like skin and a single yellow eye—creatures whose touch scorched concrete and whose claws tore through flesh.
Ilin, 25, a healer from the Academy, was fleeing the burning hall after spending her energy saving a wounded comrade. Her weapon isn’t a blade; it’s a staff topped with a crystal that pulses white light, capable of closing wounds, but every use drains her until she’s on the verge of collapse.
They meet by chance in the chaos. Ren saves Ilin from a creature lunging at her back, and Ilin saves Ren from a gash that would have killed her. The soldiers are pulling back, the streets are a maze of fire, and the only hope is the east bridge.
Assigned to the same volunteer Squad 9, the two women are forced to fight side by side. Ren’s blade cuts, Ilin’s light heals. Every battle leaves Ren bloodied and Ilin exhausted, and every time Ilin pours her fading energy into Ren’s wounds, a quiet trust grows between them.
As the night stretches, the city crumbles around them. Between firefights, they find brief moments of closeness—a quick kiss in a dark alley, washing each other’s blood off in a ruined bathroom, one shielding the other while she recovers. These are not explicit sexual encounters, but intimate gestures that bind them together.
Survival is the immediate goal, but something deeper is forming. In a world where the sky is broken and death is minutes away, Ren and Ilin learn that protecting each other matters more than protecting themselves.
Chapter 1 begins with the first blood they shed together—and the first trust they earn.
Table of contents
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Chapter 20 – The Sunken City2026-03-30 23:03
- Chapter 0.5 – The Night the Sky Tore2026-03-30 20:36
- 1Chapter 1 – First Blood, First Trust2026-03-30 20:39
- 2Chapter 2 – Squad 92026-03-30 20:41
- 3Chapter 3 – The Quiet Between Battles2026-03-30 20:42
- 4Chapter 4 – Across the Bridge2026-03-30 20:52
- 5Chapter 5 – After the Fighting Stops2026-03-30 20:52
- 6Chapter 6 – Six Hours Later2026-03-30 20:55
- 7Chapter 7 – The Train2026-03-30 20:56
- 8Chapter 8 – After the Train2026-03-30 20:58
- 9Chapter 9 – Sector 92026-03-30 20:59
- 10Chapter 10 – River District2026-03-30 21:01
- 11Chapter 11 – Power Station2026-03-30 22:43
- 12Chapter 12 – Communications Tower2026-03-30 22:49
- 13Chapter 13 – Water Treatment Plant2026-03-30 22:51
- 14Chapter 14 – The Flood Gate2026-03-30 22:52
- 15Chapter 15 – The Whispering Crystal2026-03-30 22:57
- 16Chapter 16 – The Path Opens2026-03-30 22:58
- 17Chapter 17 – After the Light2026-03-30 23:00
- 18Chapter 18 – The Forest of Lumen2026-03-30 23:01
- 19Chapter 19 – The Glass Desert2026-03-30 23:02
- 20Chapter 20 – The Sunken City2026-03-30 23:03
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