# The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract

Author: Kieran Cross
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/the-ash-ledger-enemy-contract
Genre: System-LitRPG-LevelUp

## World
Save the enemy commander, or watch your city die in three days.

## Tropes
- Enemies to Lovers
- Billionaire Romance
- System & LitRPG
- Urban War Hero & Secret Billionaire
- Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
- System-LitRPG-LevelUp
- Urban-WarHero-Tycoon
- Cyberpunk-SciFi

## FAQ
### What is The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract about?
Save the enemy commander, or watch your city die in three days.

### Who is the author of The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract?
The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract is written by Kieran Cross. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract a Enemies to Lovers story?
Yes. The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract is tagged for Enemies to Lovers, Billionaire Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract Chapter 1 for free?
Yes. Chapter 1-5 Free. Chapter 6+ unlocked via Ads or a $0.00 trial. Start The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract on ReadNovelHub.

### What happens at the start of The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract?
Rowan woke up on stone. Cold. Rough. His cheek pressed against it, and somewhere close, someone was screaming. He shoved himself up.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Ash Ledger - Chapter 1: Black Mark on the Wall

Rowan woke up on stone. Cold. Rough. His cheek pressed against it, and somewhere close, someone was screaming. He shoved himself up. His hands scraped, his ribs ached, and the sky above him was the wrong color—gray, streaked with smoke, lit orange at the edges like the world was on fire just past the horizon. He was on a wall. A city wall. Crenellations, archer slits, the works. Below him, maybe thirty feet down, a street packed with people running. Above him, more stone, more wall, and a guard tower billowing black smoke. "Where—" His wrist burned. Rowan looked down. A black mark wrapped around his left wrist, thin as a tattoo, sharp as a brand. It pulsed once, hot enough to make him hiss, and then text flickered into existence in front of his eyes. **ASH LEDGER: ACTIVE** **CASUALTIES DETECTED: 14** **POWER AVAILABLE: MINIMAL** He blinked. The text stayed. Floating. Solid. Real. "What the hell—" Another scream, closer this time. Rowan turned and saw a man in a torn guard uniform stumbling toward him, one hand clamped over his side, blood streaming between his fingers. "They're through the east gate," the guard gasped. "They're—" He collapsed. Rowan didn't move. Couldn't. His brain was still catching up. Five minutes ago—ten?—he'd been in a hearing room. Charges of treason. A panel of generals who wouldn't look him in the eye. Then the gavel, the sentence, and— Nothing. And now this. The mark on his wrist pulsed again. **CASUALTIES DETECTED: 15** The guard wasn't moving. Rowan's stomach turned. The number had gone up. Because of the guard. Because the man was dead. "No," he said. His voice sounded thin. "No, this isn't—" **POWER AVAILABLE: MINIMAL** **UNLOCK TIER 1 SKILL AT 20 CASUALTIES** He stared at the text. At the mark. At the dead guard. The Ledger—whatever it was

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