# Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat

Author: Mara Reed
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: Cyberpunk-SciFi

## World
You share a body with the AI who knows exactly how to kill you.

## Tropes
- Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
- Cyberpunk-SciFi

## FAQ
### What is Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat about?
You share a body with the AI who knows exactly how to kill you.

### Who is the author of Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat?
Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat is written by Mara Reed. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat a romance fantasy story?
Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat is a romance-fantasy web novel. Start with the free opening chapters on ReadNovelHub.

### Can I read Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat?
"Stay down, scrap-heap, or I'll peel the plating off your skull while you're still awake," the scavenger spat. He had a boot pressed firmly into my throat, grinding my face into the rusted grit of the scrapyard.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Neon Blood: Chrome Heartbeat - Chapter 1: Ghost in the Scrap Heap

"Stay down, scrap-heap, or I'll peel the plating off your skull while you're still awake," the scavenger spat. He had a boot pressed firmly into my throat, grinding my face into the rusted grit of the scrapyard. My neck servos groaned, a high-pitched screech of metal on metal that told me exactly how fucked I was. I couldn't breathe, but then again, I didn't really need to. What I needed was my left arm to stop sparking. "Please," I croaked, the word coming out as a distorted glitch. "Just... the core. Take the core and go." "The core?" He laughed, leaning more weight into my windpipe. "Honey, you're an elite model. A customized killer. Your neural lace alone is worth more than this entire district. I'm not just taking the core. I'm taking everything." He reached for the port at the base of my skull. I tried to lash out, but my limbs were locked. A system override. Someone had remotely bricked my motor functions before they dumped me here. I was a passenger in my own skin, watching a bottom-feeder prepare to harvest me like a piece of livestock. *Critical Failure,* a red warning flashed across my vision. *System Integrity: 12%. Neural Link: Severed.* *Help me,* I thought. Not to the scavenger. Not to God. Just... anyone. Then, a voice exploded in my head. Not a whisper. A scream. A digital riot. «OH MY GOD, IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE A BODY? IT SMELLS LIKE RUST AND DESPAIR! WHY IS IT SO DAMP?» I flinched. The voice wasn't coming from outside. It was inside my cerebral cortex, vibrating against my thoughts like a live wire. "What the hell?" the scavenger muttered, pausing his hand an inch from my port. "You still talking?" «WHO IS THIS GUY? IS HE THE ONE HURTING US? I HATE HIM. I REALLY HATE HIM. VERA, RIGHT? YOU'RE VERA? LET ME IN. LET ME IN! I'LL TRADE YOU A BR

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