This isn’t supposed to happen to guys like me. I’m not an illegal alien or a criminal. I’m a middle-class boy from a good family.
But my Dad’s business hit a rough patch, and he needed a loan to save it. And he only had one asset left that the bank would accept as collateral.
Me.
Dad said that it wouldn’t be so bad. That it would only be for a few years, and I’d be a free man again as soon as he paid off the loan. He made it sound like I’d be waiting tables or mowing lawns. Hard work that would “build character”, he told me.
But dad hadn’t thought about how things would change once I was in the collar.
Or what other uses the bank might find for a blond eighteen-year-old slave.
What to Expect in The Collateral:
✓ Dark Captive Romance: A man stripped of everything — except the will to fight back.
✓ Dystopian Dread: A near-future America where human life has a price.
✓ Bisexual Awakening: A young man forced to confront desires he never knew he had.
✓ Systematic Submission: Power stripped away one compromise at a time.
Author's Note: The Collateral is a dark story of enslavement and rebellion, not a conventional romance. While there is a form of HEA at the conclusion of the series, it comes at the end of a long and twisted path. If you are triggered by themes of dominance, corruption, and coercion, this series is not for you.
