🖤 COLLATERAL FOR THE DEVILHe was the most feared man in the city.She was the daughter of the man who owed him everything.Elena Moretti thought her worst problem was finding a way to pay her college tuition.She was wrong.One rainy night, three men in black arrived at her apartment.Then came Adrian Vale.A ruthless mafia boss whose name was whispered like a warning.Her father owed him three hundred thousand dollars.And when the money couldn't be paid, her father offered something else as collateral.His daughter.Elena expected Adrian to be cruel.She expected threats.She expected chains.What she didn't expect was the way the coldest man she'd ever met looked at her and said:"You're not property.""Then let me go.""I can't do that.""Why?"His eyes held hers."Because from tonight onward, you're under my protection."She didn't know whether she'd just been saved...Or claimed by the devil himself.And Adrian had one rule everyone in his world understood:No one touches what belongs under his protection.But Elena was about to discover something far more dangerous than Adrian's enemies.She was beginning to fall for the monster everyone else feared.🔥 COLLATERAL FOR THE DEVILA dark mafia romance about debt, danger, obsession, and a love neither of them saw coming.Chapter One: The Debt — Coming Next.