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VeinWeaver:I can steal Essence

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In the floating Arcane Citadel of the Eternal Dominion, magic is not a gift — it is a parasite. Essence, the raw life force that powers all sorcery, is harvested from the weak, the poor, and the failed through agonizing rituals that drain body and soul. The Blessed elite rule from gleaming spires, training their children in the academy to become perfect weapons and vessels, while the slums below supply an endless tide of fresh meat for the annual Ascension Trials. Nathan Voss is a poor, sharp-tongued survivor from the underbelly. Funny even when bleeding, cynical about the system that grinds people into fuel, and possessing a rare, dangerous power: Veinweaver. He can sense the invisible threads of Essence connecting every living thing, pull them to steal strength and life, weave them into his own body for bursts of power, or rupture them to cause catastrophic internal damage. The closer and more intimate the contact — blood, skin, heightened emotion, or raw pleasure — the stronger and more addictive the transfer becomes. But every pull risks Vein Burn: searing backlash that scars him from the inside and attracts monstrous Essence predators. When a desperate street kill hands Nathan a last-chance invitation to the Citadel’s Ascension Trials, he seizes it. Thrust into the cutthroat academy among arrogant nobles, sadistic instructors, and broken initiates, Nathan must navigate deadly training, faction wars, forbidden rituals, and public spectacles where failure means public draining.
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