# The Riftbound Contract

Author: Riley Hart
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/the-riftbound-contract
Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
Bound by a deadly contract, they must stay close or die together.

## Tropes
- Forced Proximity
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
- Grumpy x Sunshine
- Dark Romance
- Cyberpunk Sci-Fi
- EnemiesToLovers
- ForcedProximity
- GrumpySunshine
- SlowBurn
- DarkRomance
- Deadly Fate

## FAQ
### What is The Riftbound Contract about?
Bound by a deadly contract, they must stay close or die together.

### Who is the author of The Riftbound Contract?
The Riftbound Contract is written by Riley Hart. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is The Riftbound Contract a Forced Proximity story?
Yes. The Riftbound Contract is tagged for Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read The Riftbound Contract Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of The Riftbound Contract?
"Hands off the case, street rat." The suppressor kisses the back of my skull and my fingers freeze around the black key. I don't breathe. I don't blink. The vault air is still freezing from the cryo-locks I just cracked.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### The Black Key Heist

"Hands off the case, street rat." The suppressor kisses the back of my skull and my fingers freeze around the black key. I don't breathe. I don't blink. The vault air is still freezing from the cryo-locks I just cracked. "Wow," I say. "You corporate boys really need to work on your pickup lines." "Put it down," he says. His voice is low. Calm. Like he's done this a hundred times. "Slow. Fingers open. Now." "Yeah, that's not happening." My palm is sweating around the key. It's humming. It's hot, way too hot for something that was on ice two seconds ago. "You want it, come take it." "Mara Voss. Twenty-three. Unlicensed mark fixer. Three outstanding warrants." He leans in, just enough that I can smell leather and rain on his jacket. "You're not walking out with corporate property." "You know my name, I don't know yours. That's rude." "Rhys Calder. You're going to know it really well for the next five minutes. Then you're going to forget it in a cell." I laugh before I can stop myself. It comes out shaky. "Calder? The hound they send when the debt's too big? Shit. I'm flattered." "Put. It. Down." The gun pushes harder. My knees hit the vault shelf. I'm cornered, back to a wall of dead servers, no exit except through him. He's big. Not just tall — built like he was made to kick down doors. Black tactical gear, no logo, no name. The kind of guy the corp pays to not exist on paper. And I'm me. Hoodie with burned cuffs, ink still fresh on my left wrist, and a key that just started burning a hole through my skin. "Okay, okay," I say. "You got me. Big scary hunter, little street rat. You win." I open my fingers like I'm going to drop it. I don't. I slam my other hand down on the vault floor and drag my nail across the mark on my wrist. Hard. "What are you—" he snaps. Light rips o

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