The Blood that Waters the Dust

Crops no longer grow in the poisoned soil. Hunger is a fact of life, and if it doesn't kill you, someone like Vex will. To survive the cruel world she was born into, she has to be crueler. But robbing the desperate and the dying barely gets her enough food and water to stay alive another day. Until she bites off more than she can chew. and her wealthy target, instead of disposing of her, offers her a deal.
She'll bring him women-as many as she can find. She'll persuade them to trust her, she'll lead them to his heavily guarded compound, and she won't ask any questions about what goes on in there or where his money comes from. In exchange, she'll eat better than she ever has in her life. Only an idiot or a bleeding heart would turn that offer down, and she's neither. It's the easiest job she's ever had.Until she peeks inside the compound.
This novella is 21, 000 words long, or approximately 70 pages.