Emilia Jones never imagined her life would be reduced to collateral.After surviving years of neglect from her uncle and aunt, Emilia's hard-earned scholarship is cruelly sabotaged, and her dreams are shattered. But nothing prepares her for the ultimate betrayal — sold to the infamous Mafia King, Damian Franklin, as payment for a debt she didn’t incur.Damian is powerful, cold, and ruthless — a man who built his empire with blood and secrets. To him, Emilia is just leverage, a pawn in a dangerous game of vengeance, loyalty, and control. But the fiery orphan refuses to bow to his world, igniting an unexpected war between power and passion.Trapped in the heart of the mafia’s darkness, Emilia must survive the rules of a brutal world, navigate betrayal from within, and confront a deadly rivalry that could cost her everything. Yet, as walls fall and hidden truths emerge, desire brews into something neither of them can escape.When war breaks out, and love demands sacrifice, will Emilia choose freedom — or the man who once claimed her as collateral?Enemies to lovers. One contract. A thousand consequences.