# The Ninth Reset

Author: Vivian Blackwood
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/the-ninth-reset
Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
You must trust the man who kills you before the ninth night.

## Tropes
- Forced Proximity
- Dark Romance
- Deadly Fate
- Forced Alliance
- Executioner And Prisoner
- Power Awakening
- Hidden Conspiracy
- Romance Fantasy
- Time Loop
- Progression Fantasy
- Female Lead
- Action Adventure

## FAQ
### What is The Ninth Reset about?
You must trust the man who kills you before the ninth night.

### Who is the author of The Ninth Reset?
The Ninth Reset is written by Vivian Blackwood. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is The Ninth Reset a Forced Proximity story?
Yes. The Ninth Reset is tagged for Forced Proximity, Dark Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read The Ninth Reset Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of The Ninth Reset?
"Kneel, Lena Vale, or I break both your legs." The executioner's boot crashed into the back of my knee. I hit the black stone hard. Pain shot up my thigh, but I kept my hands flat and my chin high.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Ninth Death

"Kneel, Lena Vale, or I break both your legs." The executioner's boot crashed into the back of my knee. I hit the black stone hard. Pain shot up my thigh, but I kept my hands flat and my chin high. The chain around my wrists bit into my skin when I tried to move. Cade Rourke stood behind me, one hand clamped on my shoulder and the other wrapped around the hilt of his execution blade. I knew that hand. I'd watched it draw that blade eight times. I'd watched it kill me eight different ways. "You always start with the legs?" I asked. "Getting lazy?" His fingers tightened. "You always talk this much before dying?" "Only when the audience looks bored." The crowd made a low, hungry sound behind the iron rails. Hundreds of citizens packed the square. Wardens stood between them in black masks. Above the execution block, the city seal burned blue. Nine linked circles around a blade. Nine nights. Nine deaths. Nine times I'd reached this platform. And every time, Cade killed me before the final bell. The first time, he cut my throat. The second, he drove the blade through my ribs. The third, he broke my neck with one clean twist. The fourth, I stabbed him first. He still won. The fifth, I ran. The sixth, I begged. The seventh, I gave him the name of the woman who'd framed me. The eighth, I did everything right. He killed me anyway. This ninth run had started three minutes ago, and I was already out of ideas. Cade leaned closer. His coat brushed my shoulder. Heat pressed through the fabric, close enough that his breath touched the side of my neck. "You're staring at my hand," he murmured. "I'm deciding which finger to break first." "With your wrists chained?" "I've done worse with less." "Not today." "You sound sure." "I remember how this ends." My breath caught. For one sharp seco

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