Pleasure is Power
Arven Veil lives in a city that rewards silence, obedience, and the illusion of normalcy. Magic exists, but it’s been reduced to party tricks and gender-swapping illusions. Sex is taboo. Emotion is weakness. Desire? Dangerous.
But beneath the surface of this hyper-structured society lies a secret only whispered in glitches, comas, and collapsing bodies — the Dream Realm. A place where time folds, power awakens, and pleasure is no longer sin... it's survival.
When Arven meets Vela, a rogue technologist with proof of the realm’s existence, they begin a descent into a reality where one hour of indulgence can become a century of transformation. But the deeper they go, the more they discover: desire isn’t the door — it’s the lock. And they may already have the key.
“Pleasure is Power” is a slow-burn, high-stakes fantasy thriller about the cost of repression, the hunger for truth, and the terrifying price of unlocking the self.