# Deadshift Protocol

Author: Raven Vale
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/deadshift-protocol
Genre: Billionaire-CEO

## World
Every twelve minutes, the city explodes—and the enemy behind bars may be the only man who can save her.

## Tropes
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Billionaire Romance
- Billionaire & CEO Romance
- Billionaire-CEO

## FAQ
### What is Deadshift Protocol about?
Every twelve minutes, the city explodes—and the enemy behind bars may be the only man who can save her.

### Who is the author of Deadshift Protocol?
Deadshift Protocol is written by Raven Vale. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

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

### Can I read Deadshift Protocol Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Deadshift Protocol?
"Mercer, hands on the wall." The prisoner didn't move. Just stood there in the middle of the holding bay with his wrists still cuffed, head tilted like he was listening to something I couldn't hear.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Twelve Minutes to Die

"Mercer, hands on the wall." The prisoner didn't move. Just stood there in the middle of the holding bay with his wrists still cuffed, head tilted like he was listening to something I couldn't hear. "I said hands on the wall." I kept my sidearm low but ready. "Don't make me ask again." "You won't have to." His voice was quiet. Tired. "In about ninety seconds, Gate Three's going to fail. Forty seconds after that, the blast reaches this corridor." "What?" "You should uncuff me now," he said. "You're going to need me mobile." I stepped closer, weapon up. "How about you tell me what you just said, real slow." Jude Mercer looked at me then. Really looked. His eyes were gray, the kind that picked up light wrong, and there was something in them that made my skin go cold. "This is your first time," he said. "Isn't it." "First time what?" "Dying here." The alarm went off before I could answer. Not the standard lockdown pulse. The emergency evac shriek, the one they only used for containment breaches or— "Structural failure, Gate Three," the PA system announced. A woman's voice, clipped and dead calm. "All personnel evacuate via northern passages. Repeat, evacuate north. Gate Three is not secure." "Move." I grabbed Mercer's arm and shoved him toward the corridor. "Now." "North won't work," he said. "The blast wave funnels through the main passages. You want the service ducts." "I want you to shut up and run." He didn't run. He walked, steady and unhurried, like a man who'd done this before. I kept my hand on his shoulder, half pushing, half dragging. "How did you know?" I said. "About the gate." "I've been here eleven times." He glanced back at me. "Twelve, counting this one." "You're talking crazy." "Yeah." He smiled, and it was the saddest thing I'd ever seen. "I know." The flo

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