Aether And Amber Novels & Stories

Venn knelt, eyes wide, breath held. Hundreds watched. Sirelia ascended the dais. The child was cradled in one arm. Her blade, Elara’s broken twin, was held in the other. She raised both. And the court fell silent. “This is Aether,” she said, voice strong. “Born in eclipse. Carried in the fire. Bearing the marks of moon and ash.” “She is the first to wear both without burning.” “She is not a symbol. She is not a vessel.” “She is the sword we never had. The truth they buried. The future they fear.”

I’m about to use Emerald’s eyes again when a vision overwhelms me. ** I see Alpha Everly’s eyes glow menacingly. They are now a glowing iridescent white, incredibly spooky. Light swirls around her as she brings vines up from the ground. There are creatures with red eyes surrounding her, pressed to kill. The creatures are pitch black, twisted and evil. While they fear her light, they are charged with one motivation: snuff out the light. She can’t do this alone. She needs help. I see a pair of hazel eyes before me. They close with finality. I see the same vision, but with a pair of bright blue eyes. There is a feeling of sorrow that washes over me.

She hadn’t been mingling with us much lately, probably avoiding me and Edina both—for different reasons. “Hey,” she said suddenly, eyes flicking to Caelora. “I found what you were looking for.” Caelora’s entire posture straightened. “You did? Where?” Lira produced a leather-bound book from behind her back, worn and ancient, its edges gilded in silver. “It’s called The Aether Bond.” That name made my chest go tight. I stepped closer without even thinking. “What is that?” “It’s… a theory,” Caelora said, taking the book like it was holy. She flipped through the pages with careful fingers, scanning the faded script. “It explains how an Aether-bearer can deepen their bond with the source magic. M

"Which means the longer you two are in the same space the stronger both of your connections to the crown become." I looked at Senna and she looked at me. "Is that a problem?" I asked. "Not a problem," Elowen said. "Just something to understand, the amber could become clearer, more gold over time." "She could develop more of the power," Darius said. "Potentially," Elowen said. "Slowly, and only if she chooses to stay in proximity." Senna was very still. "I don't want something that isn't mine," she said quietly.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 The English Channel was a graveyard of broken light. Above the surface, the morning sun struggled to pierce a thick, unnatural fog; a mist of pulverized obsidian and evaporated seawater that hung over the waves like a shroud. But forty feet below the surface, inside the reinforced glass of the primary Nursery tank, the world was a cathedral of silent, glowing amber.