Aether Beasts Novels & Stories

THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION Vael moved with terrifying, blinding speed. The shadows around him condensed into a solid blade of pitch-black energy as he struck Athena right where she stood. The collision was catastrophic. The moment Vael’s dark blade met the wall of silver fire shielding Aurelia, a deafening blast tore through the upper levels of the packhouse. The remaining walls of the bedroom exploded outward into splinters and stone. The concussive force sent Ethan and me flying through the air, crashing hard onto the debris-strewn roof below.

It hurt like a fucking bitch. Alpha Eros never said a word, and I had a feeling that he needed this hug as much as I did. That this hug wasn't as selfless as he tried to make it, and that my mate wasn't.... just beast. That somewhere in there was a human. A human that, at some point, was kind to my brother. A human that is mated to me. A human that I would probably need to kill.

They rose from their seats, seven deities of unimaginable power, and took to the skies. Above the ruins, the Aetherstar moved like a god of chaos. It had no face, no mercy only a core of pulsing light that beat like a heart made of thunder. Wings of fragmented crystal spread behind it, and each beat released storms that tore continents apart. Its body shimmered between form and formlessness, constantly shifting, half light, half void. The Thrones unleashed their full might. Spears of divine energy pierced the clouds, lightning and holy fire raining upon the creature. It roared, the sound splitting mountains and bending the rivers from their courses.

The sky above the Nightfang Valley was no longer a natural thing. It was a bruised canvas of violet soot and golden residue, a graveyard of the Syndicate’s failed chemical cloak. But from within that haze came the rhythmic, heavy thrum-thrum-thrum of a heartbeat that didn't belong to a wolf. The Aether-Dreadnoughts had arrived. Four massive, iron-clad airships, held aloft by superheated Aetheric gas and propelled by massive brass screw-propellers, emerged from the smog. They weren't here to negotiate; they were here to deconstruct the "Signal Fire" piece by piece.

A crack, thousands of miles long, appeared across the Atlantic Ocean, glowing with a terrifying, molten-blue light. "The Aether was the distraction," Elias laughed as he dissolved into light. "The real game... is the Core." Elena looked down at the crumbling world. She had saved the sky, but she had just awakened the Earth.

No wonder the First Fleet the orbit has reached. After endless minutes, the last castle cracked. A deep, mechanical Stöhnen went through the mountain. I stepped back and turned off the burner. Kael stepped forward, anchored his boots the rusty grids of the platform and pushed its massive, armored hands into the glowing gap between the door wings. His muscles stretched to tear, the titanium rings of his suit crawled under the enormous Strength. Slowly, centimeters for centimetres, the gates of the Aether City stood up. A swollen, absolutely pure air struck us. It did not smell

He glanced at his father shortly before slightly softened his tone, “Now Alpha Felix, you can bring up the issue of The Eclipse that you claimed to be critical to all of us. I believe The Lang family will be interested to hear you out.” Alpha Felix’s chest heaved as he eyed Xavier dismissively. Glancing at Kronos Lang who sat there skeptically, he uttered, “It is an emergence, Alpha Xavier. It’s supposed to be kept within wolves. But since you consider the vampires should also acknowledge it, I will just speak frankly.”

That was when I realized those eyes weren’t Knight’s, so it was his beast all along. “I can accept anyone calling me that,” he continued. “But my mate… my future Luna… will call me by my name. Only my name.” He leaned toward my neck, lips brushing the skin lightly, making my breath shatter. “Or,” he whispered, “you can give me a daring name to claim me with.” “There is no difference between a beast and a monster,” I muttered. His grip tightened dangerously. “Do not provoke me.” Taking in a deep breath and at the same time desperate to break the moment, I blurted, “But a beast needs a real name. Like Knight has his. What’s yours?”

—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,”