Ashen Demon Novels & Stories

Using his brute strength, he managed to break free, but he was weakened as he felt Jared's black magic seeping into his core. "We have to hurry," He told Leon who nodded in understanding, chanting a spell that drove the bats back. Asher used the opportunity to land a powerful kick on the devil, knocking it to the ground. Leon on the other hand, started chanting another spell that bound the demon, rendering it helpless. In the heart of the dark forest, out of the blue a portal to the underworld had opened, and a hoard of powerful demons had emerged. They both turned their gaze to Evelyn thinking she was the cause

With that statement, Aries hisses his agreement. Images begin to project on the wall behind her as she continues to speak. Which is weird considering she hasn't moved an inch. "Ironclad dragons. Phoenixes. Leviathans. Direwolves. Storm Gryphons. Moon Serpents. Flame Hounds. Cerberus'. Unicorns. Frost Lynxes. Kitsune. Ash Ravens. Nemean Lions." She says with confidence as the images change behind her head still without any movement. "And of course the many extinct or the now unwilling bonds that you will learn more about in your history classes." she says as the images flick again and my breath stalls.

The runes pulsed like a heartbeat. The shadow paused just beyond the circle. It had no clear form, but hints of a muzzle and claws flickered in and out of existence, as if it couldn’t quite decide what it was. When it opened its mouth, no sound came out — only a ripple of cold that raised gooseflesh on everyone’s skin. Jude whispered, “What the hell…” Lyra’s eyes hardened. “It’s a Hound of Ash,” she said. “He makes them from the wolves who fight him.”

That same sense of being on the edge of something irreversible. Thunder rolled again, louder this time. The lights above her buzzed, then dimmed for half a second. She looked up. Something was coming. She could feel it in her bones. She turned, sensing eyes on her. The silver-haired man watched Kael disappear down the corridor, then turned his gaze to Isla. His name was Thorne—a former Ashen sentry, now Kael’s most trusted advisor. His eyes, pale grey and sharp as flint, missed nothing.

To any supernatural tracker, I was a lighthouse in a world of shadows. "We need to mask your scent," Kael whispered, stopping by a stagnant pool of black water. "Your power is leaking, Asha. It smells like ozone and ancient moonlight. Every predator for fifty miles is turning their head toward us." "I can't pull it back," I admitted, my voice trembling. "It’s like a dam has broken, Kael. The more I try to suppress it, the more it burns." I looked at my reflection in the dark water. My eyes were no longer hazel; they were molten silver, swirling with a galaxy of stars that shouldn't exist.

GRACE'S POV I was determined to prove that I was really under anesthesia and I was only imagining things, so I immediately packed the bag I recognised as an old bag of mine and left my work station. I was waiting for the elevator when someone came and stood beside me. I didn't bother turning to look since I was only being delusional. “Grace? Are you going home?” A male voice asked. I immediately turned to look at the person and I had to hold in my gasp, because standing beside me was Ethan Adams. Yes, the same Ethan who died in my timeline.

"Behind me. Now." "I may be injured," I retorted, forcing the tremor from my voice, "but I am not helpless." Before he could argue, they poured from the shadows. Four nightmare creatures of fluid darkness and sharpened bone—Shadoviels. And with them, a fifth. It was immense, towering over Cassius, its form a roiling mass of darkness that seemed to drink the light around it. The leader.

“The last time I felt this…” I stop. The memory hits too hard. Flames. Screaming. Blood. A world dying around me. My hands tighten into fists. “The last time I felt this,” I continue carefully, “everything changed.” Rowan goes very still beside me. His attention sharpens instantly. “What does that mean?” I stare into the trees. At nothing. At everything. At ghosts only I can see. “It means I have felt powerful enemies before.” That much is true. “It means I know what it feels like when something ancient starts moving.”

I inquired. Fire, Asher answered. It can only be defeated by burning its form. Because it is a master of appearances, it is incredibly vain regarding its physical shell. Once it is burned, it will vanish to recuperate, remaining dormant until someone else’s reckless actions summon it back to the mortal plane. How do we burn a demon we can’t see? I countered. Only Malachi and Kaida can perceive it. The rest of us are practically defenceless. Lana can see it too.