by CrashingOcean
Warning This fiction contains: Graphic Violence Sensitive Content Chosen by the Furnace, most people learn to vent power or die. Karael does neither. In a world where cities survive by burning through expendable venters to repel monstrous cinerai, Karael discovers he can contain pressure instead of releasing it. What should destroy him makes him different, dangerous, and impossible to ignore. As attacks escalate and the state tightens its grip, Karael is pulled into a brutal system that values survival only when it’s useful. Power does not mean freedom. It means expectation. And the longer Karael survives, the more the world demands he prove why.
