Aether X Scaramouche Novels & Stories

"This is what you did to Amaranth, and now I will make sure you suffer the same death!" Luther spread gasoline everywhere. The moment Reya sniffed the distinctive and sharp smell of gasoline, she wrapped herself tightly around his foot. "Luther, are you insane? It’s me, Reya! The girl you love the most!" It was the wrong thing to say because it provoked him even further. His expression turned from blank to a hideous scowl. He glared at her vehemently, then grabbed her hair and roared in her ears.

Lexie's POV: The warmth from the drink surged faster than I expected, like liquid fire wrapping around my nerves. My limbs felt sluggish, and Damien’s hand slipped farther along my back, his body edging in too close, the smirk on his face tightening. “Damien… stop! Stop right now!” I whispered, trying to pull away. My voice sounded far away, and muffled. He leaned in, his lips far too close to my face. “Oh, come on! An omega like you is getting the attention of not one but TWO powerful Alphas, Don’t act like you are not enjoying this…”

“This is bad. This is really bad,” Amne says. We’ve just heard the cheers go up in the Coliseum and since none of them were dragon trumpets, we know that Vaeril defeated Anala and has claimed his dragon. But that’s not what Amne is talking about. “Does anyone know what that actually was?” Ajax asks. “A scry,” Phoenix says. She’d found the magic and blasted it with her fireball before I could even blink. “What’s a scry?” Kenzo asks.

I suddenly caught his scent. “He has the scent of an alpha,” Mercury said. I agreed. Great. So I’d just been sold to an alpha? I could only imagine what sort of pack he ran if he hung out at places like the whorehouse. I knew some less-than-Avery packs in Crescent Moon’s proximity that it didn’t associate with unless necessary. I assumed he came from one of those. “Come on,” he insisted, tugging at my arm again. We were outside the whorehouse, and people on the street stared at us.

Aleron is ready to lunge forward and attack anything coming near women behind him. “Father!!!!” He screamed as he mindlinked his father.

“The Forgotten almost destroyed the world. We won’t let that happen again.” Aether’s eyes hardened. “Then you leave me no choice,” he said. He lunged, his starlight sword clashing against Cole’s crystal. The impact sent a shockwave through the city, and the western tower’s light nearly went out. The other guardians rushed forward, but Aether waved his hand, and a wall of starlight pushed them back. “It’s just you and me,” he said to Cole and Lila. “The heart of the balance against the God of Stars. Let’s see which is stronger.”

Jackson said. We took a few moments to take photos when I noticed Athea hadn't really moved so I walked up to her, "Are you okay?" I asked. "Of course, just admiring everyone here." Athea replied with a small smile. "Not to sound rude but you are hiding something." I said trying not to come off as mean. "I am just waiting, stay here by me." Athea whispered making the hairs on my arm stand up. I turned in time to see Scarlet was walking through the crowd and by then people had picked up on her odd behavior. In one quick motion she grabbed a knife from her side and threw it right at me. Athea held her hand out stopping the knife a few feet in front of us, menacing growls erupted as Xander and

His presence was a sinkhole, swallowing the heat, the sound, and the fear in the room. "Eclipse at thirty percent," Helena reported from the sensor station. Her fingers flew across the holographic interface of the stolen cruiser, her face pale in the glow of the tactical map. "The ambient Aether levels are spiking. The celestial alignment is thinning the veil between the physical world and the magical currents." "It makes the air taste like metal," Vane grumbled, checking the load on his pistol for the tenth time. "And it makes my eye itch."

His face was a mirror, reflecting the devastation of the city around them. "I can get you there," Julian’s voice resonated, though his form was visibly thinning. "But I cannot go with you. I am a creature of the 'Ground.' The Aether is pure data—pure spirit. To enter it, you must leave the biology behind." "Explain," Alexander demanded, moving to Elena’s side, his hand gripping her shoulder as if to keep her from floating away.

She screamed my name,coming undone on my hot rod. I pump a few more times before I follow her, filing her with my seed. She bends down, biting down on my marking spot and licking the blood for my mark, sealing our bond and making me hers. We laid our backs on the mattress, trying to catch our breath, and she rested her head against my chest. "That was amazing," I said, and she smiled."Yes, it was. You are amazing, Xander, and I'm grateful to the moon goddess that she blessed us with a second chance. I love you, Xander."