Welcome to Aetherborn: Crushes, Curses & Creatures

Welcome to Aetherborn: Crushes, Curses & Creatures

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Seraphine Vale is whisked away to Aetherborn Academy after a terrifying magical incident, she expects answers, not four dangerously captivating boys who seem unnervingly drawn to her. Alaric, the cold vampire noble. Kade, the brooding werewolf with eyes like storms. Damien, the charming dragon prince. And Lucien, the beautiful, unreadable incubus who invades her dreams. Each boy reacts to Seraphine as if they've known her far longer than she's been alive... and each one's powers surge unpredictably around her. As forbidden feelings spark and jealousy rises, Seraphine discovers a chilling truth: a prophecy ties her fate to theirs and to a sealed ancient power capable of either saving or destroying their world. Dark forces begin stirring beneath the Academy, hunting her magic... and her heart. To survive, Seraphine must unravel the mystery of who she really is and which boy she can trust when love itself might set the prophecy in motion. Because awakening the Aetherborn doesn't just change her destiny. It changes everyone around her.

Chapter 1 Prologue

The wind howled fiercely, like a wild animal, matching the raging fire that engulfed the old hall. Flames flickered against the stone walls, casting eerie shadows that swirled in the chaos of the night. Blood stained the marble floor, glistening in the madness, while screams, some chilling, others heartbreakingly human echoed through the grand columns that had stood tall for centuries.

In the center of this turmoil stood a girl with striking blue eyes, unmoving, her face unreadable. A crown of fire flickered above her, flames entwining in her hair like a haunting halo. She didn't

cry; not a single tear fell from her eyes. Maybe she should have.

With a shaking hand, she reached out toward the grand gate, beautifully designed from bones and shimmering moonstone, locked tight by magic long forgotten. Now, ancient symbols glowed brightly, almost as if they responded to her presence and her pain. The gate seemed to remember her.

Behind her lay four boys, broken and hurt. One of them coughed up thick, silver-tinged blood, his body barely holding on to life. Another struggled against chains made not of metal, but woven from his sorrow. A third boy lay completely still, his heart glowing gently in her hand like a precious treasure. The last boy looked at her with an unwavering loyalty that was hard to explain, dragging himself forward despite his injuries.

"Seraphine," he gasped, his voice filled with desperation. "Please don't..."

She turned slowly to face him not with anger, but with a deep sadness that seemed to come from countless lifetimes. Her voice was soft and gentle.

"They will keep coming," she whispered, her tone steady. "As long as I am alive, this world will never find peace."

"No, please!" he begged. "We'll figure something out. We always do!"

A sorrowful smile briefly touched her lips. "We've lived many lives trying to change this, and look where it has brought us."

Then her expression shifted, a sudden clarity filling her eyes. Memories rushed back to her like a tidal wave, overwhelming her with buried truths.

Her gaze sharpened as she looked at the four boys, fury and grief shining in her eyes.

"One of you betrayed me," she said, her voice trembling now. "One of you betrayed us. I see it all now. I remember everything."

The boys glanced at one another in shock, their expressions twisted with disbelief.

"I trusted you. I loved you. I cherished you. How could you do this?" Her voice broke. "Because of you, the world will burn. The prophecy will shatter. Chaos will reign."

She stepped forward. "Show yourself. I know who you are. If there's even an ounce of humanity left in you, stand up."

But before anyone could speak, the world erupted.

The gate burst into brilliant light, pulling the girl into its fiery embrace. Flames, wind, and anguished screams swirled inward as if the very universe was collapsing.

A dazzling light filled the hall, and the world cried out in pain, a sorrowful sound echoing through time.

And then, everything...

everything...

Was swallowed by silence.

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Welcome to Aetherborn: Crushes, Curses & Creatures
1

Chapter 1 Prologue

06/11/2025

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Chapter 2 1: Laundry, Lies & A Little Boom

06/11/2025

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Chapter 3 2: Clock, Chemicals & the Crack

06/11/2025

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Chapter 4 3: Letter, Lie & the Lock

06/11/2025

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Chapter 5 4: Gate, Girl & the Green Moon

06/11/2025

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Chapter 6 5: Five Castles, Five Strains & the Fifth Unknown

05/11/2025

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Chapter 7 6: Fears, Fucks, and The Four

05/11/2025

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Chapter 8 7: Aetherborn, Aetherhall & Aethercurrent

05/11/2025

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Chapter 9 8: Read, Room, and Rest

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Chapter 10 9: Chatter, Crushes & Craziest things

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Chapter 11 10: Lessons, Learning & Loving

05/11/2025

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Chapter 12 11: Boy, Bite and Bloody

24/11/2025

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Chapter 13 12: Diva, Dream, and Darkness

24/11/2025

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Chapter 14 13:  Seraphine, Second Skin & Silver Sparks

24/11/2025

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Chapter 15 14: Lucien, Liability and Lost girl

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Chapter 16 15: Shadows, Sinking, and Suffocating

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Chapter 17 16: Flowers, fairness & Forgetting Everything

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Chapter 18 17: Sorry, Sadness, and Sorrows

24/11/2025

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Chapter 19 18: Mate, Monster, & The Messiah

24/11/2025

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Chapter 20 19: Accusation, Assumption, & Alignment

24/11/2025

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Chapter 21 20: Dragon, Danger and Damien

24/11/2025

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Chapter 22 21: Call, Chains, and Confrontation

25/11/2025

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Chapter 23 22: Food, Feelings & First time

25/11/2025

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Chapter 24 23: Wind, Whispers, and Warmth

25/11/2025

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Chapter 25 24: Steady, Sparks, Storm

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Chapter 26 25: Annoyed, Aroused and Angry

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Chapter 27 26: Cleaning, Chores, and a Cleaner

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Chapter 28 27: Curiosity, Confusion & Confession

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Chapter 29 28: Binding oaths, Blood pacts & Buzzing Bees

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Chapter 30 29: Persevere, Purpose & Pertinacity

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Chapter 31 30: Fail, Failing, and a Failure

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Chapter 32 31: Spill, Splat, and Slide

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Chapter 33 32: Her, His, and Hunger

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Chapter 34 33: Her name, Her proof, Her first victory

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Chapter 35 34: Entrance,  Essence and Enchantments

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Chapter 36 35: Fiery Five, Fake Friends & Fuck ups

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Chapter 37 36: Moon, Mood and a Maybe

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Chapter 38 37: Wolf night, Wolf bite & the War

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Chapter 39 38: Alaric, Attack & A bite

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Chapter 40 39: Caleb, Cloud & Cloudborn Djinn

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