collateral damages

Volume 3 (James Harristian) James Harristian alias James Belgenza adalah anggota tertua kelompok The Seven Wolves. James diselamatkan oleh seorang gadis asing penjual bunga saat terjadi baku tembak dengan musuhnya. Namun balasan James pada gadis itu bukanlah terima kasih melainkan menculik dan menyekapnya. Gadis itu ternyata juga merupakan jaminan utang sang Ayah yang kemudian melarikan diri tak bisa membayar. James yang akhirnya menyukai gadis bernama Delilah itu memanfaatkan utangnya untuk menjerat Delilah selamanya. Tak ada utang yang tak bisa dibayar? itu tak berlaku bagi James... utang Delilah takkan bisa terbayarkan seumur hidupnya. #### Volume 4 (Shawn Miller) Shawn Miller merupakan seorang Admiral (Laksamana) angkatan laut Amerika Serikat. Ia memimpin sebuah pangkalan angkatan laut dan merupakan Jenderal bintang satu termuda dalam sejarah Navy. Kebiasaan seks Shawn yang aneh membawanya pada sebuah perjanjian dengan mafia kelas atas, Yousef Kanishka. Ia diberi jaminan seorang wanita yang merupakan anak perempuan Kanishka. Syaratnya, ia tak boleh menyentuh Kiran Kanishka yang dinikahkan dengannya diam-diam. Shawn menikah dengan wanita yang tak pernah ia kenal dan lihat. Sampai suatu hari, akibat sebuah tuntutan di pengadilan militer, Shawn bertemu dengan seorang wanita yang sangat cantik dan tak lain adalah istri yang tak pernah ia lihat. Tak ada satupun yang boleh mengetahui pernikahan itu kecuali para anggota The Seven Wolves pada akhirnya. #### The Seven Wolves terdiri dari tujuh anggota, yaitu Arjoona Harristian (Alpha/Leader), Jayden Lin (Beta), James Harristian, Shawn Miller, Bryan Alexander, Mars King dan Aidan Caesar. Ketujuh pria itu dipertemukan takdir untuk membentuk kelompok rahasianya sendiri bernama The Seven Wolves. Dari milyuner, petinggi milter hingga pemimpin gangster, mereka berjanji untuk tetap membantu satu sama lain. Tidak ada yang lebih penting daripada memiliki saudara untuk bersama. follow me on my IG. @nandastrand, FB: @NandaStrand

Haisley is a woman who is held as collateral by her father and brother to pay their debts to a mafia gambling house owner. Lucas Abraham, the man, accepts Haisley as collateral and makes her his sex partner. There is no love present, especially in Lucas, as his heart has long since died with his lover. But what happens when Haisley is kidnapped by his business partner? Does Lucas not care and let Haisley be killed by his enemy, or will Lucas help Haisley when he realizes he doesn't like anyone hurting Haisley except himself?

Emma thought her life was going to take a dark turn, one that would never see daylight again. All these she thought when her stepfather used her as collateral to pay off his debts.  Expecting to meet a cruel old man that would strangle her all night, and lend her off to men at daytime, but instead she was faced with something else, something she couldn't quite understand.  “Marry me, and I will make them pay!”

I stay on my knees waiting for him to tell me the reason why he came here and sent Jill away, trying my best to not look at his naked torso,wolves have heightened hearing I'm sure he could hear the violent beating of my heart and the intoxicating scent didn't make things better all I wanted was to lean into his touch. He wrapped his hand around my waist making me sit on the edge of the stone just his touch alone was making my skin buzz. "Ain't you ashamed of being out here, soaked to the bone and everything on display? Is this for Mark ,are you trying to seduce him?". I looked at him puzzled before what he said hit me " And if I am, what's that got to do with you Alpha?" I snap. I could see his eyes darken and his jaw tick .

Celine Holmes was nine the day her world ended. One moment, she was laughing in the back seat of her father’s car, excited for her birthday trip. The next time, she woke up in a hospital bed, broken, with a bandage on her head and legs, and alone. Her parents vanished from the face of the earth. She knew instantly that life would never remain the same again. After her recovery, she was sent to a foster home, where a wealthy couple, Mr and Mrs Klein, took her in. They called her a blessing as they welcomed her with open arms and promised her a new beginning. For a while, she believed them. She thought maybe this time, she could belong again. But good things never lasted long in Celine’s life. Mr Klein lost his job, and his kindness turned into cruelty. He drank too much, gambled too often, and blamed her for every misfortune that had befallen him and his family. The family that once smiled at her began to turn. His sons, now nineteen, looked at her differently, not with brotherly affection, but with a lustful gaze. When she resisted them, their cruelty deepened. And whenever Mr Klein lost to a gamble, he took it out on Celine. Then one day, everything changed again. Mr Klein’s gambling caught up to him. The man he owed was no ordinary creditor; he was Cassian Damien, a feared mafia boss with a reputation for collecting debts in blood. When Cassian came for his payment, Mr Klein offered the only thing he had left: Celine. She overheard the deal and tried running. But you can’t outrun the kind of man who sees three steps ahead. Cassian came for her unexpectedly and took her away. He locked her away, not as a wife, but as a slave meant to satisfy his dark desires. But Cassian didn’t expect her to be the fire to his cold heart. Her defiance. Her refusal to break. And against his will, something in him began to change, trying to win her affection. Luciana, his ex, was the first to notice the way he looked at her. The way he hesitated in dishing out her punishment was unlike anything he had done before. Jealousy turned to fury, and she began to scheme. In the middle of it all, Cassian’s younger brother, Alexandro, returns. He was softer, kinder, and drawn to the same girl Cassian couldn’t let go of. In a world ruled by violence and vengeance, Celine was caught between two brothers, haunted by her past, and desired by the mafia rivals who also wanted to claim her for her beauty and spirit. But the soft girl was gone; she wanted revenge and freedom. Would she use Cassian's obsession to get what she desired, or would she be ruined by it?

Soren Valle had been hiding under various aliases for the last eight years. He would have stayed in hiding if his father had not blown up a lab and unleashed a disaster upon the world. This disaster came in the form of a virus that was easy to spread. It mutated humans into zombie-like creatures that craved human flesh. With his father in hiding and the world about the end, Soren is the only one who can save humanity. He has access to a cure and possesses the ability to subdue the mutated humans. The question is, will he be willing to help or will he sit back and watch the world burn? ****** Personal discord: val_the_mysterious#1956 Group on discord: https://discord.gg/88quGYNs Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/krisduncanwriter https://ko-fi.com/krisduncan I'm terrible at updating my social media pages, mostly because I work full time, write in my free time, and have two kids. If you message me on discord I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Elara Vance has three rules for surviving as an auditor for the Supernatural Compliance and Revenue Service: Never accept bribes, never work off the clock, and never bleed on the paperwork. She was doing great until she audited Julian Thorne. Julian is a billionaire CEO, a pureblood vampire-wolf hybrid, and an arrogant prick who thinks he can write off an illegal blood bank as a "charitable donation." Elara was fully prepared to fine him into oblivion. She was not prepared for a mercenary attack, a shattered office window, and an accidental bite that triggered an ancient, unbreakable Mate Bond. That’s bad. What’s worse? The supernatural laws of joint liability. The moment the bond snaps into place, the Inquisition freezes Julian’s assets. Suddenly, Elara isn't just bound to a territorial, blood-drinking apex predator—she's legally responsible for his $32 million tax deficit. If Julian is executed by her deranged, Paladin ex-boyfriend, Elara inherits the debt. Her credit score is already ruined; she refuses to lose her 401k. Now, to protect her "collateral," Elara has to drag a billionaire hybrid back to her leaking, one-bedroom apartment. She’s confiscated his black cards, put him on a fifty-dollar-a-week allowance, and forced him to ride the subway. Julian Thorne used to rule the supernatural underworld. Now, he has to survive living with a violently frugal auditor who won't let him bite anyone without a signed consent form. May the best monster win.

After the death of the father of Dristan Mason, he decided to build a fake company inside his corporation to caught everyone who's behind the murder. The company is called False collateral, a contract killing company. Together with his childhood friend Jabez Wilkes, they have gathered informations about the suspects through contract killing. As they struggle to find every suspect, Jabez had enough of seeing Dristan suffer. So he confessed his feeling to him but he got rejected. He was only seen by Dristan as a friend and a brother. After succeeding at taking down some of the suspects, a secret agent had noticed their illicit activities. His name is Acacious Hugo, he's a 23 year old detective who has a strong sense of justice. He decided to investigate the company of Dristan without the authorities permission. After a month of being undercover he has been found out by Dristan but instead of throwing him away or killing him he decided to keep Hugo by his side. Hugo and Dristan suddenly felt something with each other, they became lovers. Hugo finally understand what Dristan is doing and he even offered to help. Everything's going well but somethings are just meant to fall down. One of their clients sell them off to the authorities and they got arrested. A life for a life, everything has a consequence even if they were doing it for justice. Every member of the False Collateral was sentenced to life time in prison but Dristan decided to take all the blame. His men and Jabez is given a parole while Dristan is sentenced to death. After the so called execution of Dristan, his body hasn't been found. Being scared to admit to his self, Jabez still believes that Dristan is alive somewhere else and he planned to find him. As for Hugo, he got promoted as the head of the private investigation unit but he refuse to take the promotion and resigned. He's also a naive fool who still thinks that Dristan is alive and he'll always be with him.

Eliana, a young defense attorney, believes she has found the perfect husband in wealthy, charming Ethan Luther. But their marriage is built on a dangerous lie. Her father owes Ethan a massive debt, and secretly offers Eliana as collateral. Told that Ethan is only protecting her family from dangerous rivals, Eliana agrees to marry him and use her legal reputation to defend his businesses. What she doesn’t know is that Ethan is a ruthless Mafia boss who has sworn never to love again after being betrayed by the women he trusted most. He plans to use Eliana as a shield for his illegal empire, until real feelings begin to break through his cold heart. When Eliana discovers she was never chosen for love, but bought to settle a debt, her fairy-tale marriage turns into a fight for freedom. She thought she married the man of her dreams. She was really trapped by a Mafia king.

Trapped in a loveless contract, she vows never to fall for the man who owns her freedom. But behind his icy eyes lies a secret that could change everything, will love blooming the shadows of betrayal or will she remain forever his collateral wife?