# Bound by the Warlord

Author: Violet Marlowe
Site: ReadNovelHub
Canonical: https://readnovelhub.com/novel/bound-by-the-warlord
Genre: Mafia-Dark-Romance

## World
You were pledged as debt. Now the warlord demands your obedience or your life.

## Tropes
- Enemies to Lovers
- Dark Romance
- Forced Proximity
- Revenge Romance
- Deadly Debt
- Forced Alliance
- Ruthless Warlord
- Betrayed Heiress
- Romantic Suspense
- Captive Romance
- Warlord Romance
- Power Imbalance

## FAQ
### What is Bound by the Warlord about?
You were pledged as debt. Now the warlord demands your obedience or your life.

### Who is the author of Bound by the Warlord?
Bound by the Warlord is written by Violet Marlowe. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Bound by the Warlord a Enemies to Lovers story?
Yes. Bound by the Warlord is tagged for Enemies to Lovers, Dark Romance, Forced Proximity readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Bound by the Warlord Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Bound by the Warlord?
"You can't sell me in front of your own guests." Julian Moore didn't even blink. He stood beside the signing table in his white dinner jacket, one hand resting on the leather folder that had just ruined my life.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Collateral

"You can't sell me in front of your own guests." Julian Moore didn't even blink. He stood beside the signing table in his white dinner jacket, one hand resting on the leather folder that had just ruined my life. Behind him, two hundred guests stared over their champagne glasses. Investors. Politicians. Mine owners. Every person who had come to celebrate my engagement was now watching my fiancé hand me over like a piece of furniture. "I'm not selling you," Julian said. "I'm transferring your value. There's a difference." A few people laughed. My fingers tightened around the stem of my glass. "Say that again. Slowly. Maybe the room didn't hear how disgusting you are." Julian's mouth pulled tight. His father, Martin Moore, shifted behind him and whispered, "Elena, don't make this worse." "Worse?" I turned toward the guests. "My fiancé just announced that I'm collateral for my family's debt. How exactly do you plan to make this worse?" The room went quiet enough for me to hear the ice crack in someone's glass. Julian opened the folder. "Stone Mining owes Vance Holdings four hundred and eighty million dollars," he said. "The mines, the reserve accounts, and Elena Stone are pledged against the debt." My stomach dropped, but I kept my chin up. "No," I said. "My father never signed that." "Your father signed it six months ago." "My father was dead six months ago." That landed harder than I expected. A few guests looked away. Julian didn't. He slid the first page across the table. My name sat beneath a block of legal language. ELENA MARIE STONE. PERSONAL COLLATERAL. CUSTODY TRANSFER AUTHORIZED UPON DEFAULT. At the bottom was my father's digital seal. I stared at it. The seal pulsed once, blue against the paper. "This is forged." "It's notarized by the Northern Exchange." Julian 

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