# Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt

Author: Marlowe Ashford
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
The black-robed figure peels off his mask atop the bell tower—the face beneath belongs to a boy Ivy watched die tonight.

## Tropes
- Dark Romance
- Western Fantasy & Magic
- Mafia & Dark Romance
- Western-Fantasy-Magic
- Mafia-Dark-Romance

## FAQ
### What is Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt about?
The black-robed figure peels off his mask atop the bell tower—the face beneath belongs to a boy Ivy watched die tonight.

### Who is the author of Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt?
Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt is written by Marlowe Ashford. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt a Dark Romance story?
Yes. Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt is tagged for Dark Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Bound by Midnight: A Blood Debt?
The fork slipped out of Ivy's hand and hit the porcelain like a gunshot. Every head at the long table turned. "First time with silverware?

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Welcome Feast

The fork slipped out of Ivy's hand and hit the porcelain like a gunshot. Every head at the long table turned. "First time with silverware?" The girl across from her had blonde ringlets and emerald earrings and a voice sharpened to a point. "It's alright. We all have to start somewhere." Ivy picked the fork back up. Set it down outside-in, the way the borrowed etiquette book said. Met the girl's eyes. "I'm fine. Thanks." "Of course you are." The girl leaned toward the boy beside her, not bothering to lower her voice. "I heard they let in a charity case this year. Full scholarship. Can you imagine?" Ivy's hand closed around her knife. The hall was too bright, too loud, too full of people who'd grown up with servants pouring their tea. The letter had called this an honor. *Selected from thousands. Your talent has earned you a place among the finest minds in the realm.* It hadn't said the finest minds came with trust funds. A boy leaned in from her other side. Ink-stained fingers, rumpled collar, hair that looked like it lost a fight with a comb. "Ignore Clarisse," he muttered. "She does this to everyone." "Does what?" "Finds the soft spot. Digs." He shrugged. "I'm Toby. Scholarship kid too. Enchantment track." That helped. A little. "Ivy. Alchemy." "Oof. Hardest one to fake." Toby grinned. "You actually gotta know what you're doing." A chair scraped at the head table. The whole hall dropped into silence like someone had cast a spell on it. Maybe someone had. Headmaster Verne rose. Silver hair, granite face, a voice that didn't need volume to fill the room. "Welcome," he said. "You are students of Nightfall Academy now. Some of you carry centuries of magical bloodline. Others—" his eyes swept the room and landed on Ivy for exactly one second, "—earned your seat with raw tal

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