Xiao X Aether Comics Novels & Stories

The guards shifted nervously. Luke’s jaw tightened. “Answer the question.” The gray eyes returned to Lily. “I am what remains when heaven and hell exhaust themselves.” Silence stretched. The city beyond the courtyard held its breath. “You may call me Aether,” the figure finally said. Not a name. A designation. A function. The word struck something deep inside her chest. Aether. The space between. The unseen medium through which light traveled. Not light itself. Not darkness. The field that allowed both to exist.

The hybrid magic flared bright and uncontrolled knocking both guards back while Aether’s eyes opened and met mine with recognition. I scooped him into my arms pressing his small warm body to my chest where he immediately latched onto my leaking nipple nursing greedily. The connection steadied me power flowing both ways between us as his tiny hand rested on my soft belly. “I have you,” I whispered tears falling onto his scales. “Mama has you now.”

Monsters shaped from nightmares, creatures from the forge—Nyx Wraiths slithering in the dark, Hellhounds howling through scorched wind, Revenants dragging rusted swords, and towering beasts I didn’t yet have a name for. And among them— Zerathos. Cloaked in smoke and tendrils of pure shadow, he stepped forward like a king returning to his throne. My stomach twisted. The bond between us—this unwanted, lingering tether—buzzed faintly. My light pulsed in rejection, Aria hissing in warning. “He’s calling to me,” I whispered. Xander’s hand gripped mine, firm. “Then don’t answer.” I steadied myself, placing my other hand on his chest. “We end this. Today.”

Xienma, Xavier, and Cassie stood in the center of this enchanted realm, their hearts pounding with a mix of excitement and trepidation. Xienma's eyes widened as she took in the sight of the creatures around them. Unicorns grazed peacefully on lush, vibrant grass, their manes shimmering with iridescent hues. Phoenixes soared through the sky, their feathers leaving trails of fire and light. Xienma felt a surge of awe and wonder, her connection to the ancient magic within her growing stronger with each passing moment.

In Aetherium, life was chill. No body, no limits—just me, finally free. Time didn't matter here. No pain, no lies. Just calm. But lately, something gross kept tugging at me from the mortal world. It stank of obsession and fake guilt, like a greasy snake trying to wrap around my soul and wreck everything. I wanted to slice it away like dead weight. Then The High One showed up. "That pull's from a dark ritual. An Aster descendant's offering their life and soul to you—trying to drag you back in with chains made of shadow."

She immediately pushed Xander away as she inhaled a deep breathe, “Didn’t I tell you clearly enough that I don’t want to ever see you again? I told you to stay away from my sight!” Xander took one step, two steps, three steps backwards until Xiao saw a figure which totally made her world upside down. It completely went through a 360° turn the moment her eyes laid upon him. His vivid aura emanated a strong facade with the pair of eyes he has... cunning and tiger-like. Almost seemingly looking like a predator patiently waiting for its prey. She felt scared yet secured at the same time. Ironically, the only foreign and twisted feeling she could never feel from anyone aside from him. His messy a

She had even given him a ring to aid his escape from the demons' trap, which made it so obvious that he was going to fall in. We were finally in school and it had taken us almost an hour before we could be able to settle down, as the entire class seemed to be so giddy and overly excited to see us, especially Xander, who had turned from a ferocious beast to a gentle man who cared for even a flea. We were like heroes, especially Lena, whose special and unique powers had spread around the whole clan. She was the only one who could kill Xavier, the most powerful Alpha. The fact that she made Xander fall in love and seized being a devil made her more heroic.

Especially Aiden who has just completely changed forever. Xx____xX

Had Aethel overexploited their energy source, leaving them with a dying star and a crumbling civilization? Landing on the cracked, barren surface, they were greeted by a desolate landscape – crumbling structures, skeletal trees clawing at the lifeless sky, and an eerie silence broken only by the howling wind. Xylos, despite his age, felt a pang of empathy for this once vibrant world. Their search led them to a central hub, a skeletal dome pulsating with a faint, flickering light. Here, they found the remnants of the Aethean civilization – frail, emaciated figures with eyes filled with a haunting despair.

“But I’m staying here with you for the whole thing.” “I expected nothing less,” I smiled up at him and extracted myself from his embrace to sit back down in the chair. It’d been less than 24 hours since the last time and I hadn’t forgotten the energy drain I’d felt afterwards. I racked my brain for the name of the Menae who’d come to me when I’d accidently dragged Dmitri to the Aether with me. It was something odd like Xander, or Xylophone… ‘Xandikos,’ the name was accompanied by that stuffy head feeling I’d felt last night.