# The Eclipse Pact

Author: Evan Thornfield
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/the-eclipse-pact
Genre: Vampire-Blood-Bond

## World
You stabbed the night lord. Now his heartbeat is the only thing keeping you alive.

## Tropes
- Enemies to Lovers
- Billionaire Romance
- Cyberpunk Sci-Fi
- Dark Romance
- EnemiesToLovers
- ForcedProximity
- FoundFamily
- SlowBurn
- DarkRomance
- Deadly Fate
- Forced Alliance
- Cursed Protector

## FAQ
### What is The Eclipse Pact about?
You stabbed the night lord. Now his heartbeat is the only thing keeping you alive.

### Who is the author of The Eclipse Pact?
The Eclipse Pact is written by Evan Thornfield. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is The Eclipse Pact a Enemies to Lovers story?
Yes. The Eclipse Pact is tagged for Enemies to Lovers, Billionaire Romance, Cyberpunk Sci-Fi readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read The Eclipse Pact Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of The Eclipse Pact?
"Stop right there, Voss! Drop the blade or we paint the pavement with your brains!" I didn't stop. I couldn't.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Killing Blow

"Stop right there, Voss! Drop the blade or we paint the pavement with your brains!" I didn't stop. I couldn't. The boots of the Crown's bounty hunters were slamming against the cobblestones behind me, a rhythmic thunder that meant I was running out of alleyways. My lungs burned, tasting like copper and smog. I dove through a rotted cellar door, sliding across a floor slick with something that smelled like old grease and failure. I didn't look back. I didn't need to. The scream of a spell-trap triggering behind me told me they were close. Then I saw him. He was leaning against a stone pillar, looking like he owned the damn shadows. Cael Rook. The Night Lord. The man the Crown paid a king's ransom to erase from existence. He didn't look like a monster. He looked like a problem—sharp jawline, eyes that saw too much, and a suit that cost more than my life was currently worth. "You're late, Mara," he said. His voice was a low drawl, smooth as expensive bourbon and just as intoxicating. "I expected the Crown's favorite lapdog to find me an hour ago." "Not a lapdog anymore," I spat, my voice rasping. "Now I'm just the bitch they're hunting." I didn't give him time to laugh. I didn't give him time to breathe. I lunged. My blade, etched with spell-breaking runes that hummed against my palm, sliced through the air. I didn't go for the shoulder. I didn't go for the leg. I drove the steel straight into the center of his chest. There was a sickening thud. The hilt hit his ribs. Cael didn't even flinch. He just looked down at the blade buried in his heart, then back up at me. A slow, predatory smirk curled his lips. "Wrong move, sweetheart." Then the world exploded. It wasn't a sound. It was a rip. I felt it in my own chest—a violent, jagged tear as if something invisible had reached

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