# The Don's Collateral

Author: Violet Marlowe
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: Vampire-Blood-Bond

## World
He took me as collateral for a four-million-dollar debt—and made me his ultimate obsession.

## Tropes
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Billionaire Romance
- Dark Romance
- Cyberpunk Sci-Fi
- Vampire & Blood Bond
- Mafia & Dark Romance
- Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
- Billionaire & CEO Romance
- Vampire-Blood-Bond
- Mafia-Dark-Romance
- Cyberpunk-SciFi

## FAQ
### What is The Don's Collateral about?
He took me as collateral for a four-million-dollar debt—and made me his ultimate obsession.

### Who is the author of The Don's Collateral?
The Don's Collateral is written by Violet Marlowe. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is The Don's Collateral a Enemies to Lovers story?
Yes. The Don's Collateral is tagged for Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Billionaire Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read The Don's Collateral Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of The Don's Collateral?
The man across the table had already written my name twice. I hadn't agreed to a damn thing. Two strokes of a heavy gold pen across thick cream paper.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Signed Over

The man across the table had already written my name twice. I hadn't agreed to a damn thing. Two strokes of a heavy gold pen across thick cream paper. Under the stench of rusted brine and fish guts, my own name stared back at me upside down. *Mara Kessler.* Neat, sharp capitals. Like a line item on an invoice. "That's my name," I said. My voice came out thinner than I wanted. "Why is my name on that?" Nobody answered. Six men stood in the shadows of the gutted cannery. Not one of them looked at me. That told me everything. You don't bother avoiding eye contact with someone who gets to walk away. Two hours ago, I was sitting in my kitchen over cold tea, staring at my brother's second missed call. Then heavy boots hit my stairs. A fist slammed my door. Two men bundled me into the back of a black SUV before I could scream. Now I was here, pinned behind a steel table bolted straight into the concrete floor. The man with the pen finally looked up. He was young. Late twenties, maybe thirty, and that made it worse. Black wool coat, no tie, and a jawline sharp enough to draw blood. He moved with the quiet arrogance of someone who’d never had to run a day in his life. "Your brother took four million dollars from me," he said. "Eleven days ago. He also took a woman's car, a clean passport, and three years of my good graces." "Danny wouldn't—" "Danny did." He spun the paper with one finger. It slid across the cold steel and stopped against my knuckles. "Sign where I flagged it. You're my deposit until he's standing where you are." I stared at the line. Then at the heavy pen resting beside it, still warm from his grip. "And if I say no?" His mouth ticked up at one corner. Not a smile. A warning. "If you don't sign," he said, "my men find your brother and put a bullet through both h

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