The agency didn’t call it prostitution.

They called it “private psychological release sessions.” High-end clients paid extraordinary amounts of money to break someone in a controlled environment. No permanent damage. No public traces. Full medical screening. Full discretion. I had been on their roster for eleven months and had never been given a Level Four client.

Until today.

The file arrived encrypted. Client name redacted. Age forty-one. Extremely high-value. Special request: Subject must be capable of sustained resistance. Client has a history of failing to fully break previous partners. Seeking a challenge.

I almost declined.

Then I saw the compensation figure.

The address was a private residence in the hills,...