# Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether

Author: Evan M. Blackwood
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
You welded forbidden power into your arm, and now the city wants you dead.

## Tropes
- Billionaire Romance
- Dark Romance
- Western Fantasy & Magic
- System & LitRPG
- Urban War Hero & Secret Billionaire
- Western-Fantasy-Magic
- System-LitRPG-LevelUp
- Urban-WarHero-Tycoon

## FAQ
### What is Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether about?
You welded forbidden power into your arm, and now the city wants you dead.

### Who is the author of Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether?
Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether is written by Evan M. Blackwood. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether a Billionaire Romance story?
Yes. Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether is tagged for Billionaire Romance, Dark Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether?
"Get the hell away from that console, Vance!" Bane’s voice roared over the screech of grinding metal. He didn't wait for me to move.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Gearmage Unleashed: Blood & Aether - Chapter 1: Hot Scrap and Blue Fire

"Get the hell away from that console, Vance!" Bane’s voice roared over the screech of grinding metal. He didn't wait for me to move. He lunged, his heavy boot slamming into my ribs and sending me skidding across the oil-slicked floor of the workshop. I coughed, tasting copper and ozone. "It’s almost stable, you idiot!" I spat, scrambling back toward the workbench. "Stable?" Bane sneered, stepping over a pile of rusted gears. He looked at the reactor—a jagged, humming piece of forbidden tech—and then at me. "You're trying to fuse a dead-core into your own damn arm. You're not a genius, Darek. You're a suicide case." He grabbed the collar of my grease-stained shirt and hoisted me up. His grip was like a vice, smelling of cheap tobacco and desperation. "The Cartel knows you have it. They’re five minutes out. Give me the core, and maybe I can negotiate a price for your head that keeps me in booze for a year." "Go to hell," I hissed. I didn't fight him. I leaned. With a sudden, violent jerk, I threw my weight forward, slamming my mechanical prosthetic—the one missing its power source—directly into the reactor's open socket. *CRACK.* Blue fire didn't just ignite; it screamed. A wave of kinetic force blasted outward, throwing Bane backward into a rack of scrap metal with a deafening crash. I didn't feel the impact. I didn't feel the floor. I felt like my entire nervous system had been replaced by white-hot needles. "God... damn it!" I shrieked, my voice breaking. My left arm wasn't just humming now. It was glowing. Veins of neon-blue ether were crawling up my forearm, stitching themselves into my skin, fusing metal and meat in a way that should have been impossible. The pain was a physical wall, a mountain of agony that threatened to crush my skull. Then, the noise started. *B

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