"City guards are called Hellhounds." Damien looked out to the other Dogs and nodded his understanding. "Pleasure is illegal back home. Sex is illegal unless the government has authorized it to get pregnant. So, sex work is the equivalent of drug dealing here. It gets money and food that we need to survive."

Zack deserved to know what he was getting into, all of it. It was going to get more uncomfortable for the Brit the more he knew, probably. Damien stayed close while still brushing his fingers through Zack's hair.

"We don't have anywhere to take people on dates at home. Everything is abandoned but I could take you on that horseback ride. We do that at home."