# The Iron Case Vow

Author: Elena Voss Hart
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/the-iron-case-vow
Genre: Mafia-Dark-Romance

## World
You married your executioner, and now he is the only man who can save you.

## Tropes
- Mafia & Dark Romance
- Urban War Hero & Secret Billionaire
- Mafia-Dark-Romance
- Urban-WarHero-Tycoon

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Marriage Sentence

"Kneel, Mara Quill." The executioner slammed a hand into my shoulder. My knees hit the tribunal floor. Pain split through the skin beneath my trousers, and laughter rolled through the gallery. Officers. Reporters. Men who'd already decided I was guilty and showed up to watch the rope prove them right. I kept one hand locked around the iron case chained to my wrist. "Take it from her," Chancellor Voss ordered. A guard reached for the case. I twisted and drove my elbow into his ribs. Then I dragged the case against my chest. "Touch it, and I break the lock." The guard froze. Voss leaned over the high bench. "You don't have the key." "No. But I know where the failsafe sits. One hard hit, and the evidence burns." The room went dead quiet. The case was small enough to carry under one arm. No hinges. No visible seam. Three black locks sat across the lid. I had built two of them myself. The third had appeared after the train explosion, when half the Northern Rail command went up in smoke and every surviving officer needed someone to blame. They blamed me. Evidence engineer Mara Quill. Saboteur. Traitor. The woman who supposedly planted the charge under Car Seven, then stole the proof before the wreckage cooled. The problem was, I'd found the proof. The bigger problem? It was inside the case. And if the tribunal opened it, my younger brother would hang with me. "You murdered one hundred and twelve passengers," Voss said. "You destroyed military property and sold rail schedules to the enemy. Any last statement before we name you traitor?" "Yeah. Your numbers are wrong." A murmur moved through the gallery. I lifted my chin. "There were one hundred and thirteen passengers. You forgot the engineer's wife." A reporter stopped writing. I smiled without showing my teeth. "If you're go

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