Dean POV :
After having mind-blowing, reality-shattering sex with Elena through the bond, I came back to my senses with two emotions warring inside me.
But the dominant one?
Pure, fucking rage.
And all of it was directed at Kane.
That stupid, weak, reckless bastard.
He couldn't even control his own damn darkness, letting it fester and spiral out of control. I'd been absorbing most of it, but now—now it had become too much.
Some of it slipped into Elena through the mate bond.
And now she was—
Fuck.
For me, darkness always led to bloodlust. A violent, uncontrollable need to kill, slaughter, and bathe in my enemies' blood.
For Kane? It was driving him insane, pushing him to the brink of going rogue.
But for Elena?
It twisted her into a vessel of pure, insatiable lust.
A hunger so deep she would never find fulfillment.
The worst part?
She didn't even know she was under its influence.
