High school math teacher Clara spends her modest savings at an exclusive burlesque academy to rekindle her stale five-year marriage, only to catch the predatory eye of syndicate kingpin Dante. When an arson attack breaks out, Dante pulls Clara from the flames, confines her to his fortress, and coerces her into an indentured contract. Believing she is shielding her husband Ethan from underworld retaliation, Clara willingly complies with Dante's strict demands.
Her sacrifice curdles into ice when she uncovers Ethan’s massive gambling debts, his torrid affair with her best friend, and their scheme to plunder her inheritance. Abandoning meek submission, Clara harnesses her analytical mind to outmaneuver the schemers, drain Ethan’s assets, and dictate the terms of her own survival.
