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The Creature

Author: Blacktides
last update publish date: 2026-10-03 21:00:49

Ashton's POV

"What did you see?"

My voice came out hoarse, my arms were hurting from holding Akim while he screamed. I was still kneeling by the fire with both boys in my lap.

Xander was in front of me, his hands around mine, his sword still out and laid across his knees, his breathing still hard. Zeth was behind me, his hands tight on my shoulders. His cloak was wrapped around all three of us.

Everyone was restless. The Aurion guards kept turning in slow circles with their torches, looking int
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  • Omega of Two Packs   The Creature

    Ashton's POV"What did you see?"My voice came out hoarse, my arms were hurting from holding Akim while he screamed. I was still kneeling by the fire with both boys in my lap.Xander was in front of me, his hands around mine, his sword still out and laid across his knees, his breathing still hard. Zeth was behind me, his hands tight on my shoulders. His cloak was wrapped around all three of us.Everyone was restless. The Aurion guards kept turning in slow circles with their torches, looking into the black between the pines, their hands tight on their hilts. The woods were still too quiet. Xander looked at me. "It's the same creature," he said, low. "The same one from the tunnels under Noctaryn, when you and Zeth were locked up in the dungeon. I saw it standing at the end of the tunnel. I thought I imagined it then. I didn't."Zeth's hands tightened on my shoulders.We all looked at him with awe, or I did, because I remembered that night too, only through fever and pain. I remembered

  • Omega of Two Packs   Something In The Trees

    Xander's POVI didn't go far.I couldn't. Every step away from that fire felt like my wolf was being dragged backwards by its teeth.I told Ashton not to follow me but I stayed close enough to hear them, close enough to see the firelight through the trees.I stood by the river with my hands braced on my knees, breathing hard like I had run ten miles, trying to get air.Gods, the way Ashton looked at me when I stood up, like I was leaving him behind again. I wasn't. I would never leave him behind again.I just needed to not be there for one minute while the two people I loved most said the things I had been pretending not to hear for months.Zeth wants him. I have always known.And Ashton wants Zeth. I have always known that too, I just told myself it was pity, or gratitude because Zeth saved him, or because Akim tied them.It was easier to call it pity than to admit my omega, my mate, my whole heart, had space for another king in it. The river was loud and cold. I splashed my face.Th

  • Omega of Two Packs   In Zeths Arms

    Ashton's POVXander stood up.He didn't do it fast and angry. He was slow, like his body was heavy.Zeth looked up at him, his face pale in the firelight, his hands still fisted on his knees. "Xander," he said, low.Xander didn't look at him. He looked at me. His eyes were wet but his jaw was locked so tight I could see the muscle jumping, the way it does when he's trying not to break."I'm not okay with this," he had said, and now he was living it, standing over us, his shadow falling over me and Zeth and the fire between us.My heart dropped into my stomach. My wolf whined so loud inside me. "Xander, please," I whispered, reaching for his hand without thinking. "Don't...""I need air," he said, his voice rough, not looking at my hand. "I need to walk. Don't... don't follow me, Ashton."And then he walked out.Just walked away from the fire, into the dark trees toward the river, his big shoulders tight, his hands fisted at his sides. He didn't slam anything. He didn't shout. That was

  • Omega of Two Packs   The Night Fire

    Ashton's POVThe words hung in the cold wood air even after I said them._I'm not something either of you has to win._No one moved. Onyx kept walking, his hooves soft on the leaves, but Xander's chest behind me had gone completely still, and Zeth's horse had stopped a few steps ahead, his shoulders locked tight under his black cloak.For a second I thought I had ruined everything. That I had been too sharp, too loud, that I had made both of my kings angry at me at once.Then Xander's arm came back around my waist. Not tight and possessive like before."You're right," he said quietly, his voice low against my ear. "You're right, love."Zeth didn't say anything for a long time. Then he cleared his throat and kicked his horse forward, not looking back at us. "We need to make camp before dark. There's a clearing ahead by the river. It's safe."He rode ahead, faster than he needed to, and I felt something twist in my chest watching his back, Akim bouncing soft against it, Noah holding on.

  • Omega of Two Packs   BETWEEN TWO KINGS

    Xander's POVI pulled Ashton up onto my horse first. It wasn't a discussion. It was instinct.The horse, Onyx, was already shifting under the weight of the packs, snorting at the cold morning air, and Ashton was still pale from the mark burning in his back.I swung up, then reached down and pulled him up with me, my hands locked around his waist. He made a small sound, surprised, but he came easily, settling in front of me the way he always does when we ride, his back against my chest, his white-blond hair tickling my chin."Hold the mane if you get dizzy again," I whispered against his ear. "I've got you."He nodded and leaned back into me, his small bag thumping against my thigh. Zeth was watching us.He had Akim strapped to his chest in a sling. Noah was up in front of him on his own black war horse, small hands holding the saddle horn. Zeth's hands were careful around both of them, one around Noah, one supporting Akim.Some of the Aurion soldiers fell in behind us, the older ones

  • Omega of Two Packs   LEAVING HOME

    Ashton's POVI woke up tangled.Not tangled like blanket-tangled. Tangled like Xander-tangled. His leg over mine, his arm over my waist, his face buried in my neck, his breathing slow against my skin. For a second I forgot everything. The war. Mara. The mark on my back. Aurion.I just remembered his hands on me last night. How he held me. How he kept whispering my name like he couldn't believe I was human and back in our bed. My wolf made a soft, happy noise inside me. I tried to stay still so I wouldn't wake him, but Xander always knows when I'm awake. His arm tightened."Don't go," he mumbled into my neck, voice rough with sleep.I smiled against his hair. "I'm not going anywhere. You're the one leaving me in this bed alone."He made a sleepy sound and rolled, pulling me on top of him. I laughed."I have to go check the horses with Zeth," he said, but he didn't let go. His hands were on my waist, holding me there. "Roric is already waiting in the war room again. He keeps trying t

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