# The Gatekeeper's Contract

Author: Ethan Blackwood
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/the-gatekeepers-contract
Genre: Rebirth-Revenge

## World
You bind a prodigy by contract, then discover the tower wants your life.

## Tropes
- Forced Proximity
- Revenge Romance
- Second Chance Romance
- Rebirth & Revenge
- Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
- Rebirth-Revenge
- Cyberpunk-SciFi

## FAQ
### What is The Gatekeeper's Contract about?
You bind a prodigy by contract, then discover the tower wants your life.

### Who is the author of The Gatekeeper's Contract?
The Gatekeeper's Contract is written by Ethan Blackwood. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is The Gatekeeper's Contract a Forced Proximity story?
Yes. The Gatekeeper's Contract is tagged for Forced Proximity, Revenge Romance, Second Chance Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read The Gatekeeper's Contract Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of The Gatekeeper's Contract?
Lin Mo woke up dead. Not the comfortable kind of dead where you get a tunnel and a light.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Gatekeeper's Gambit - Chapter 1: Bottom-Rank Gatekeeper

Lin Mo woke up dead. Not the comfortable kind of dead where you get a tunnel and a light. The kind where your skull's splitting, your mouth tastes like rust, and someone's banging on your door hard enough to crack the frame. "Mo Han! Open up before I kick this thing off its hinges!" He tried to sit up. His body didn't cooperate. Too young. Too light. Wrong. Memory slammed into him in chunks. Lin Mo, project manager, forty-two years old, heart attack at his desk over a spreadsheet he'd never finish. Then nothing. Then this. Mo Han. Twenty-three. Trial Keeper. Crucible Spire, fifth sublevel, preliminary qualifications checkpoint. The bottom of the food chain. The door shook again. "I know you're in there, you little rat!" Lin Mo—Mo Han now, he had to remember that—dragged himself off the narrow cot and stumbled to the door. His hands were smooth. No calluses from years of typing. No wedding ring. He looked down at robes that didn't fit right, dusty gray fabric that marked him as the least important person in this entire tower. He opened the door. Wei Tiegu stood there, built like a wall, face red enough to match his Keeper sash. Senior Keeper. Three ranks above Mo Han. The kind of guy who'd made a career out of making sure nobody below him ever climbed higher. "You missed the morning assembly," Wei said. His smile didn't reach his eyes. "Again." "I was—" "I don't care." Wei stepped inside without asking. The room was barely ten feet across. He made it feel like a coffin. "You've got quota today. Fifteen disciples minimum. You pass less than twelve, I'm reporting you to the Tower Master." Mo Han's—Lin Mo's—mind scrambled. Fifteen disciples. Preliminary qualifications. He didn't even know what that meant yet. The original Mo Han's memories were thin, patchy, like someone ha

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