Beneath a Manhattan club, debt becomes flesh. Her boyfriend owed the Volkov Syndicate. She paid. They call her Subject 1-A. One room. One-way glass. One man who dismantles her without raising his voice. Patient. Silent. Precise. This is not love. This is evaluation. And she is about to learn exactly how much control she can surrender before she shatters.⚠️The Initiation is a short dark prequel that is focused on psychological dominance more than explicit sex acts: expect power exchange, ritualistic BDSM, slow burn. No HEA. For mature readers 18+ only. Full content warnings on tessavirelle.com