# Ashbound Vows

Author: Mara Cole
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/ashbound-vows
Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
Share a life with your enemy, or let his curse tear your soul apart.

## Tropes
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Revenge Romance
- Cyberpunk Sci-Fi
- Dark Romance
- EnemiesToLovers
- ForcedProximity
- SlowBurn
- DarkRomance
- HiddenIdentity
- Deadly Fate
- Forced Alliance

## FAQ
### What is Ashbound Vows about?
Share a life with your enemy, or let his curse tear your soul apart.

### Who is the author of Ashbound Vows?
Ashbound Vows is written by Mara Cole. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Ashbound Vows a Enemies to Lovers story?
Yes. Ashbound Vows is tagged for Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Revenge Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Ashbound Vows Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Ashbound Vows?
"Drop the blade, bounty hunter." Riven Hale's hand locked around Mara Voss's throat and drove her into the brick wall. "Or I start breaking things you need." Mara's knife stayed pressed beneath his ribs.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Keep Me Alive

"Drop the blade, bounty hunter." Riven Hale's hand locked around Mara Voss's throat and drove her into the brick wall. "Or I start breaking things you need." Mara's knife stayed pressed beneath his ribs. His coat bunched under her fist. Warm breath brushed her cheek, steady and annoyingly calm for a man with steel against his body. "Try it," she rasped. "You break my neck, I cut your heart out." "That's not how this works." "Then explain it fast. I'm busy killing you." His gray eyes dropped to the knife between them. No panic. No flinch. Just that cold, measuring look people whispered about in back alleys and locked courtrooms. Riven Hale, Night Court enforcer. Wanted in three districts. Forty thousand crowns for his head. Twenty thousand if he was brought back breathing. Mara needed the breathing bonus. Her brother needed a cell key. Riven's thumb pressed beneath her jaw. "You're standing on a ward." "I know." "No, you don't." "I drew it." "You drew a binding circle around the wrong man." Mara shoved the knife deeper. His coat split. A thin line of blood slid over the blade. "I know exactly who you are," she said. "Riven Hale. Court dog. Curse collector. Butcher of the South Gate." "The court has a talent for improving its stories." "Good. Then you'll enjoy the ending." She twisted the blade. Pain flashed through his face at last. His grip tightened. The muscles in his forearm went hard beneath her fingers, and the black marks crawling up his neck stirred like ink under glass. Mara noticed the marks. She had seen curse scars before. Never ones that moved. Riven leaned close enough that his mouth nearly touched her ear. "Take the knife out." "Make me." "Gladly." He caught her wrist and slammed it against the wall. Her fingers opened. The blade dropped, but Mara kicked i

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