Aether Beasts Novels & Stories

—the latest tech from the Aethel-Group, connected to a cloud-based AI. The teenager leaned in, their giant face inches from ours. "Hey, Kaima," the teenager said, a grin spreading across their face. "That was a cool level. What do you want to do now? We can go to the 'Space' level, or I can d******d the 'Zombie' expansion." I looked at the silver pen in my hand. It was the size of a toothpick now. I looked at the computer screen. I saw the Aethel-Group logo in the corner.

the driver asked. “In the Light Bar,” Aisha responded. She thinks she might go to the bar and need a drink to forget what happened a while ago. “I will fucking kill that girl with your husband, Aisha! I will fucking kill her! How are they making you cry, and that asshole! How dare he hurts you?!” Kai—her wolf, was understandably more aggressive than usual. Aisha held onto her chest; she could still hear the loud beating of her heart; Kai was about to go and take over her body, “Calm down, Kai. I settled that already; keep quiet,”

“An aether dragon. Speak your name human, I can sense the presence of your guardians.” “I am Manolya Kara,” I answered cautiously. “And my companions are Aziz and Pareia.” “Little human, are you ready to fight then?” The dragon’s voice echoed directly inside my head, etching its heavy words inside my heart. I could feel the immense weight of him, the raw, ancient power vibrating through the air, and I nodded, keeping my voice as steady as possible as I answered, “I am ready.” With a deep inhale, Atherius breathed in a massive stream of aether energy from the crisp mountain air, completely filling its lungs.

And its eyes… They burned like molten metal. “What is that?” I whispered. Ash studied the creature with something that looked suspiciously like satisfaction. “That,” he said, “is called a Vorathrax.” The creature’s massive claw struck the stone wall as it moved, gouging deep trenches through the rock as though the labyrinth itself were nothing more than soft clay. “I created it,” Ash continued calmly. My head turned toward him. “You… what?” “I was experimenting with ways to create a stronger soldier for the demon armies. Something that could not be killed easily. Something unstoppable.”

Chapter Eighteen "Where the hell is Leila! She's to serve the Alpha in a few minutes." Madam Vee shouted. "She has not been herself since yesterday." Hannah replied with her head bent. They had thought that last night was the last time but early this morning, it started again and the mysterious boils had appeared on her body. Tye girls had left her with Viviana since she was an expert in medication, hoping she would be okay by the time they were done with their various duties. Bessie had offered to take over Leila's duties but madam Vee was not having it. It annoyed her when any of them were trying to shy away from their duty.

Stronger. “Your licentious desires have defiled who He made you to be,” Battle Axe said earlier, her hands clasped as she sat forward. Her elbows straddled what he suspected was his file, the cardboard bulging with the weight of his failures, his desires, his guilt. “Soul battled flesh,” she said, her finger tap, tap, tapping the ragged folder as she spoke. “And flesh won.” Miss Venti now sat at the foot of the door, her thighs open. An invitation, it was. The home, this place on Eidolon, fulfilling its earlier promise to bring him his heart’s desire. To answer his earlier hope. Gift him with the girl who lingered and left.

He laughed loudly, “Oh dear child, the goodness in my heart left a long time ago! Why would a dragon EVER help some wolves, hm? Your first lesson in doing business with other species is this: there is ALWAYS a price for doing business with other species.” “How do we know you aren’t just going to rob of us whatever we give you? How do we know you know where to find the fae?” Alec challenges him. “Because I am the gatekeeper to their realm. No one go in or leaves the realm without my knowledge. If you want my help, you must pay the price.” “What’s your price? Name it.” Ares asks, ready to pay whatever he requested. “I take many forms of payment: gold, shiny objects, I do collect princesses if

It erupts from his fingertip, stretching toward me until it connects with another thread beating directly from my heart. My entire body pales as recognition crashes into me. A bond. A mate bond. Something I have never experienced before. Something I have read about countless times. Something I always expected to find. But never with a human. Never. I always imagined finding it with one of my own kind. So why…why is it coming from a human? "Come on, Athena." His voice reaches me again. "Channel your beast and end me once and for all." I stare at him with trembling eyes. My human side shakes inside my beast.