Semua Bab Dangerous Desire: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Level Six — Elias & AlexanderThe corridor became a nightmare.Failed units — creatures twisted by experiments and purge corruption — crawled, limped, and lunged from the shadows.Some had metal fused into their skin.Some had no eyes at all.Some still wore scraps of Citadel uniforms.All of them were starving.For energy.For stabilizer scent.For Lena.Alexander swung his blade upward, slicing the first creature across the throat.Blackened purge fluid splattered the walls.“Elias—behind you!”Elias spun, catching a beast’s jaws with his bare hands.Its fangs sank into his skin — but his glow ignited, burning its mouth away.He roared, hurling the creature against the ceiling.Another one pounced from the side.Alexander grabbed Elias’s jacket and yanked him back.“MOVE—!”The creature slammed into the wall where Elias had been standing.Elias’s eyes flickered bright amber.“I feel her pain. It’s getting worse.”Alexander grit his teeth.“Then kill faster!”Elias’s glow intensified

Chamber 12-B — Chaos UnleashedThe instant the blast door exploded inward, the prototype lunged.A blur of twisted muscle, metal, and golden purge corruption.Lena screamed as the creature launched itself across the room—straight at her.Alexander sprinted toward her, shoving debris aside.“LENA! HOLD ON!”But Elias moved faster.He appeared in front of her like a streak of living gold—his eyes blazing bright amber.Elias slammed into the prototype mid-air.The force shook the entire chamber.CRASH!Both bodies smashed into the far wall, which cracked from the impact.The prototype screeched, claws slicing across Elias’s arm.Elias didn’t even flinch.He grabbed the creature by the throat and roared:“YOU DON’T TOUCH HER!”The prototype twisted, jaws snapping, sending sparks of golden corruption flying.“…mine… MINE…”Elias’s energy flared.“NO. SHE IS NOT YOURS.”He punched the creature in the gut, sending it skidding across the floor.Alexander reached Lena, dropping to his knees

Upper Vent Network — Elias & LenaElias climbed through the narrow vent with Lena in his arms, the metal groaning under his weight.His body shook with exhaustion.His vision flickered.His muscles burned.But he didn’t stop.Couldn’t stop.Lena’s sobs echoed through the tunnel — raw, broken, unbearable.“Elias… he’s gone… he’s really gone…”Each word sliced through him.He swallowed hard, head pressed to hers.“I know,” he whispered hoarsely.“I know.”He kept going, even as tears blurred his vision.The vent grew warmer — the aftershock of the explosion burning through the lower levels.The entire Citadel was destabilizing.Metal trembled.Dust fell from the seams.Flames roared somewhere far below.Lena’s voice broke again.“He saved me… he saved us both… and I didn’t even get to— to— say goodbye—”Elias squeezed her closer, his chest tightening.“He knew,” Elias whispered.“He knew you loved him.”Her sob turned to a strangled cry.“I wasn’t ready to lose him…”Elias closed his ey

Mountain Surface — The BreakoutElias smashed through the final vent grate with a desperate burst of strength, metal fragments scattering across the snow.Cold night air hit them like a slap.Lena gasped as the icy wind tore through her lungs —after hours in darkness, the open sky felt unreal.Moonlight, pale and cold, washed over the mountain cliffside.For a single heartbeat, they had freedom.Elias collapsed onto the snow, clutching Lena tightly as they tumbled out of the destroyed vent.They slid down a short slope before he dug his fingers into the ice to stop them.Lena pressed a hand to her chest, breathing hard, shaking violently.“We made it… we—Elias, we—”Her voice cut off.Because the vent behind them rattled.Then roared.Elias grabbed her, dragging her behind a low ridge.“DOWN!”BOOM—CRASH!The metal vent burst open like a ruptured vein.Something enormous crawled out.The prototype.But not as it had been.It was worse.Its limbs lengthened, twisted like iron branches

Forest Edge — The Unknown Woman & LenaSnow crunched beneath the woman’s boots as she dragged Lena deeper into the forest.Cold stung Lena’s face.Her tears froze on her cheeks.Her legs kicked weakly.“STOP—let me go! ELIAS NEEDS ME—!”The woman didn’t slow.“No, he needs you alive,” she snapped.“And if I let you run back down that cliff, you won’t be.”Lena struggled harder, nails clawing at the woman’s armor.“Why are you doing this?! Who ARE you?!”The woman exhaled sharply, annoyed.“I suppose you deserve a name.”She stopped, letting Lena stand on her own, though she kept a tight grip on her wrist.Moonlight filtered through the trees, illuminating her sharp features.“My name is Rhea.”Lena’s breath hitched.“Are you… with the Citadel?”Rhea smirked.“Absolutely not. They’ve been trying to kill me for years.”Lena swallowed.“Then why did you capture me?”Rhea leaned in, eyes like cold steel.“Because you’re the only stabilizer who has ever survived past Phase Three.And the o