# Ashes of the False Saint

Author: Scarlett Thorne
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
The recording names Julian’s father as the man who destroyed Mara’s mother. Julian looks at her as the vault whispers, “If Julian is still alive…” Then the message cuts out.

## Tropes
- Dark Romance
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Revenge Romance
- Urban Fantasy
- Revenge

## FAQ
### What is Ashes of the False Saint about?
The recording names Julian’s father as the man who destroyed Mara’s mother. Julian looks at her as the vault whispers, “If Julian is still alive…” Then the message cuts out.

### Who is the author of Ashes of the False Saint?
Ashes of the False Saint is written by Scarlett Thorne. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Ashes of the False Saint a Dark Romance story?
Yes. Ashes of the False Saint is tagged for Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Ashes of the False Saint Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Ashes of the False Saint?
"Don't move." The gun found her temple before she even got both feet under her. Julian Knox had her boxed against the vault wall, forearm locked under her jaw, muzzle drilling a cold circle into her skin.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Don't Move

"Don't move." The gun found her temple before she even got both feet under her. Julian Knox had her boxed against the vault wall, forearm locked under her jaw, muzzle drilling a cold circle into her skin. Mara's fist stayed closed around the shard she'd just pried loose, stone dust grinding into her palm. Don't drop it. Don't drop it. "What does Vale blood unlock?" His voice was flat. Not scared. Not curious. Just a man doing a job with his finger already on the trigger. "Guess." She smiled with her teeth. He pressed harder. The sight dug a groove above her ear. "Wrong answer's a bullet," he said. "Wrong answer's you standing here forever." She twisted her wrist so the shard caught the emergency light, let him see the lines cut into it like veins. "Mainline sanctum coordinates. Whole set, carved into rock. Pull that trigger, my hand opens, this hits the floor and shatters, and every Vale who ever died hunting that vault gets one more idiot to keep it company. That's you. Congratulations." His gun didn't move. His eyes did — shard, her face, back to the shard, doing math he didn't like the answer to. Then his free hand came off his hip and closed around her throat, and he slammed her into the stone hard enough to rattle her teeth. "Wrong," she choked, and drove the folding knife up out of her belt into his ribs, just enough to bite steel. They both went still. Her airway crushed under his palm. His side leaking heat around three inches of blade. Nobody breathing. She could feel his pulse hammering against her own fingers where she gripped the handle, feel the heat coming off him in the two inches of nothing between them. "Let go," she rasped, "or I stab first." He stared at her. Three full seconds. No give in his jaw. No give in his hand. She switched tracks, because dyi

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