Alpha's Dark Desires-Chapter 176: Rescuing Elena

Dean’s POV

Something was wrong—terribly, dangerously wrong.

The mate bond I shared with Elena was thrashing, pulling at me with an urgency I had never felt before. It wasn’t just the usual ache of distance, the usual rage of knowing she was fucking someone else.

This was different.

This was panic.

I clenched my fists, my fangs itching to descend as I paced the room, trying to steady my breathing.

What the fuck is happening to her?

The pain in my chest tightened—sharp, suffocating. I grabbed at my heart, growling in frustration. I had already been dealing with Kane’s shit, his emotional breakdown because of her, his fucking darkness infecting her through the mate bond. And now this?

I stopped pacing and squeezed my eyes shut, trying to focus on the bond, to feel her more clearly.

And what I felt sent a cold chill down my spine.

Hunger.

But not just any hunger. This was unnatural, parasitic. It was like she was feeding off something—or someone.

And then it hit me.

Ace.

She’s fucking draining him.

"Fuck." I grabbed my coat and stormed out the door.

We were running out of time.

We moved swiftly under the cover of night, the tension so thick it was suffocating. The forest was silent, unnaturally so, as if the land itself was holding its breath. Kane was at my side, his wolf brimming with rage and desperation, his chest still rising and falling erratically from the pain of our mate bond.

Behind us, a small group of Kane’s best warriors followed, along with the witch, who was clutching a pouch filled with whatever bullshit magic she needed to break the illusion hiding Elena.

And I?

I was barely holding myself together.

The closer we got, the more unstable my bond with Elena became—waves of hunger, lust, and something else...something dark surged through me like a sickness.

I wasn’t just worried anymore. I was fucking terrified.

We came to a stop at a seemingly empty clearing—just trees and endless darkness. But I knew better.

"She’s here," I growled.

The witch stepped forward, ignoring the glare Kane shot her way. She pulled out a handful of black ashes and began to chant in a language that made my skin crawl.

Nothing happened.

Then—

The air shimmered, like ripples distorting reality, and suddenly, a massive estate materialized before us. The illusion shattered like cracking glass, revealing towering stone walls, balconies, and guards patrolling the perimeter.

The moment they spotted us, the rogues attacked.

They came fast and merciless, emerging from the shadows with snarls and flashing blades.

But we were faster.

Kane shifted mid-lunge, his massive wolf exploding from his human form in a blur of fur and muscle. He tore through the first rogue like he was made of paper, sending blood spraying in an arc across the dirt.

I went straight for the second wave, my fangs dropping, my movements too fast for the human eye. One of them swung a blade at my throat, but I was already behind him before it could land.

I drove my hand through his chest, wrapping my fingers around his beating heart, and tore it free.

His body collapsed instantly.

Another came at me from the left—I twisted, catching his arm mid-strike and snapping it backward at a grotesque angle. His scream barely left his lips before my claws ripped open his throat.

Kane was pure brutality, his massive wolf ripping through bodies, breaking necks with powerful snaps of his jaws. One rogue tried to run—Kane lunged, grabbed him by the spine, and ripped him in half.

But we didn’t have time to finish them all.

We had to get to her.

"Inside! Now!" I roared, breaking into a sprint.

Kane and I crashed through the front doors, claws digging into the wooden floors as we moved through the halls.

I followed the pull of the bond.

She was close.

Every door we kicked open revealed nothing but empty rooms or terrified servants scrambling to get away from us. But then—

We reached the last door.

The door crashed open under the force of my kick, splintering against the walls. But the moment I took in the scene before me, my world fucking shattered.

Elena.

She was straddling Ace, her naked body glistening with sweat, her hips still rolling against him in a mindless, desperate rhythm. But it wasn’t just that—

Ace was still alive.

His hands gripped her hips, his eyes locked onto her with an obsession that was unnatural, inhuman. He wasn’t even acknowledging us, as if we weren’t even fucking there.

He just kept moving inside her.

Kept thrusting.

His mouth hung open, his breathing ragged, his entire body shaking violently. It was like something was being drained from him, but he couldn’t stop—he wouldn’t stop—

Kane snarled beside me, his claws extending, but I threw an arm out, stopping him.

Something was wrong.

Elena let out a loud, ecstatic moan, throwing her head back, her hands running over Ace’s chest as if trying to consume more of him.

Ace gasped—his back arched violently, his fingers digging into her skin as his body stiffened.

Then—

He came.

His release poured into her, his muscles locking—his entire body convulsing beneath her. But the moment he emptied himself, something inside him snapped.

His eyes rolled back.

His skin paled to an unnatural white.

His body went rigid.

And then—

He was gone.

Elena’s body shuddered with her own climax, a moan of pure pleasure and darkness ripping from her throat as Ace went still beneath her.

But she didn’t stop moving.

Even though Ace’s lifeless body was beneath her, even though the bond in my chest screamed in agony, even though Kane was growling like he was ready to tear the world apart—

She kept riding him.

As if he still had something left to give.

She finally slowed, her breathing uneven, her body still trembling with the aftershocks of whatever had just happened.

And then she looked at us.

Her eyes.

Black.

Empty.

Soulless.

Ace’s body was withered, drained, a shell of what he once was—and I knew, with bone-deep certainty, that Elena had sucked the life right out of him.

Kane was frozen beside me, his wolf snarling in agony, disbelief flashing across his face.

Elena tilted her head, her pitch-black eyes locking onto us.

Then—

She smiled.

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