Maya also has a "normal" profile

Still reeling from sending the picture to Ryan, Chloe's phone buzzed with a new message notification. It was a "Recommended Match" from the app. The profile picture made her gasp. It was Maya, smiling in a sun hat at the beach. She was on Elysian. But when Chloe nervously tapped on the profile, her confusion returned. Just like Ryan, Maya's three pictures were completely SFW. One in a sundress, one with friends at a bar, one holding a puppy.

She read Maya's bio, and her heart sank. It was a cheerful, completely normal list of hobbies: hiking, painting, trying new restaurants, loving wine nights with her bestie. There was no mention of sexual frequency, no shaved pussies, no degrading fantasies. It was the profile of a perfectly normal, happy girl.

The app's cruel logic became sickeningly clear. It wasn't just singling Chloe out. It was creating a hierarchy. Some people, like Ryan and Maya, got to play the "normal dating app" game, while others, like Chloe, were **** into the role of the "uncensored content provider." She was the entertainment. She was the dirty secret the app used to keep the "normal" users engaged and intrigued, without their knowledge. Maya, who had suggested the app, was just another player on the "easy" level, completely oblivious to the hell her best friend was enduring on the "hard" mode. Chloe was alone in her cage, while everyone else was blissfully unaware the bars even existed.