# Westbound in Red

Author: Evan Mercer
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/westbound-in-red
Genre: Urban-WarHero-Tycoon

## World
Luke steps out of the darkness with a gun raised, staring at her blood-stained hands. "What the hell are you?"

## Tropes
- Billionaire Romance
- Urban War Hero & Secret Billionaire
- Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
- Urban-WarHero-Tycoon
- Cyberpunk-SciFi

## FAQ
### What is Westbound in Red about?
Luke steps out of the darkness with a gun raised, staring at her blood-stained hands. "What the hell are you?

### Who is the author of Westbound in Red?
Westbound in Red is written by Evan Mercer. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Westbound in Red a Billionaire Romance story?
Yes. Westbound in Red is tagged for Billionaire Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Westbound in Red Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Westbound in Red?
Dirt filled my mouth when I tried to scream. I clawed up. Hit wood. The board groaned. My throat made a wet scrape that burned all the way down. Something heavy lay across my legs. Bodies, maybe. Two of them.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Dirt in My Mouth

Dirt filled my mouth when I tried to scream. I clawed up. Hit wood. The board groaned. My throat made a wet scrape that burned all the way down. Something heavy lay across my legs. Bodies, maybe. Two of them. My lungs kicked, begging for air that wouldn't come. Then my hand punched straight through the wood. I froze. My fingers had gone through like the board was nothing. Dirt dropped into my face. Panic took over. I grabbed the broken edge and pulled. My arm came free. Three sharp cracks and the hole widened. I shoved myself through and rolled onto my back. Cold ground. Rust and dead grass in my mouth. I tried to breathe. Nothing. I waited for my chest to rise. It didn't. No breath. No burn. Just the fire in my throat and the empty pull under my ribs. I touched my neck. No pulse. The sky was black. Stars everywhere, too many, too sharp. I blinked up at them while my brain caught up. The tunnel. That was the last thing. A blast. Rock breaking. Men shouting in Mandarin. Dust so thick I couldn't see my hands. Somebody grabbed my coat. Somebody yelled for the lamps. Then the ceiling came down. I'd been working the railroad. Hauling timber where the track would run west. I remembered stone crushing wood. I remembered falling. A boy from Hunan screaming for his mother even though she'd been dead for years. After that, nothing. I sat up. The hunger hit me. Not normal hunger. I'd known that kind. Twelve hours on half a steamed bun. Going to sleep angry enough to chew leather. This was different. My teeth hurt. My gums felt swollen. Every part of me wanted to bite down on something warm. I was sitting in a pit. Broken boards. Torn blankets. Lumps under the dirt. A mass grave. They'd buried us. I looked down. A wooden crate, not a coffin. The lid had collapsed. A pale hand stuck

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