A/N mild sexual content in this chapter

Allegra traced Dean's chest with her finger. She took in his sleeping figure and smiled. Their yearning for each other grew each day they were together. Allegra knew it killed Dean he couldn't have sex with her like he wanted to. She knew because that's what she felt too. They both wanted it to be more than what they were doing now. But this was good too. They kissed, they slept together half-naked with only their underwear on, and, sometimes, they would dare to explore a little further than before.
Dean stirred, and Allegra looked up. His green eyes gazed lovingly at her. She could have sworn that the gold ring in the middle had grown since they began their more intimate relationship.

"Morning, hot stuff," she said playfully.

He flashed a grin.

"God, I love it when you talk like that."

Allegra moved up and kissed him. Dean immediately parted his lips, allowing her tongue to enter. He grabbed hold of her and pushed her back down on the bed. Her nipples hardened as his chest pressed down on her breasts. She let her hands rake through his hair.

"I missed you," whispered Dean against her lips.

"Dean, you were only gone for 24 hours. We've been apart for longer than that."

"Guess you're growing on me then."

Dean grinned again and planted his mouth on her. The kiss was shorter than the first one but still very passionate.

"You sure you're not using your Archangel mojo on me?" he asked her, breathing on her skin.

"That's not my grace you're feeling, Dean," said Allegra temptingly. "Four-letter word, starting with L."

With a wicked smile, Dean nuzzled her neck, his lips brushing her warm skin. His hand went down her body. First, her breast, which fitted perfectly in his hand. His thumb flicked her nipple, making Allegra hum in pleasure. Then, his fingers trailed further down her belly to her hip. Allegra gasped when Dean touched her inner thigh. She bit her lip as he teased her there, stroking her skin smoothly. 
Dean slowly moved his fingers back up over her skin and then rested his hand just above Allegra's underwear. She looked at him, her eyes begging him to keep going. That was one of the few things they could do (having done it with Eric, Allegra knew this at least wouldn't kill Dean, and she told him). He pushed against her, making her gasp again. He leaned in but didn't kiss her. With a mischievous undertone, he whispered into her neck.

"To be continued."

It was like something primal took over. Allegra pushed against Dean's body, and she flipped him over, so she was the one half on top now. Dean clearly hadn't expected her to do something like that and stared at her in surprise. Before he could react, Allegra's hand went underneath the waistline of his boxers. Her fingers curled around Dean's member, and his breath hitched. He'd already been aroused from just lying next to her half-naked body and her response to his touch, but now that Allegra took control, Dean became even harder. 
She kissed him passionately, pushing her tongue into his mouth. Dean reacted eagerly. She continued to tease him, just like he had done to her. Every time she stroked up, she let her thumb roll over his tip, inciting a moan. Dean was completely at her mercy. Perfect.
Allegra pulled her hand back, and her lips parted from his.

"To be continued," she said.

She slipped out of bed and put on her bathrobe. Dean pushed himself up by his elbows, bewildered at her stopping so abruptly.

"A-Alley? Wha-what are you...? Y-you can't just..."

"Can't I?"

Allegra winked at Dean as she looked over her shoulder. He groaned and dropped back on the bed, dragging his hands across his face. She left him alone in her room, hiding the smile on her face as his thoughts reached her. There was only a little part of Dean that felt disappointed. But his general impression was this; that was, without a doubt, the most amazing and hottest thing a girl had ever done to him.

***

Sam tried to steer clear of Allegra as much as he could. It was hard seeing his brother with her after realizing he wanted to be with her too. He often came up with an excuse to leave the room, but Allegra picked up on his behavior. She cast her protective shield around Sam's soul again out of concern something was up. That warm, comforting feeling was agonizing. 

It was a dreary afternoon when Sam decided he couldn't take it anymore and asked Dean for the keys to the Impala, saying he needed to get groceries. He drove off with the windows down, and the radio cranked up, with no particular destination in mind. Sam just had to get away from the house. Away from her.
After about an hour, he parked Dean's Baby at an overlook and stepped out. The fresh air felt so good. Liberating, almost. He walked to the railing and leaned against it, eyes looking out to nothing in particular.

"Sam? You okay?"

He reeled around when he suddenly heard Allegra's concerned voice. 

"Allegra... Wha-What are you doing here?"

"I saw you leave and locked onto your soul. I just wanted to make sure you were okay."

She's worried about me...

"So... are you okay?" she took a step closer. "You know you can talk to me, right?"

"Yeah, but I'm fine. Really." Sam put his hands in the pockets of his jacket and looked everywhere except directly at her.

"Sam, don't lie to me. I'm trying to help you. Please talk to me.'

He managed to avoid her stern stare, and Allegra sighed.

"It's the wall, isn't it? Dammit, I knew that case in Bristol and your grandfather dying was too much for you."

Her hand went through her hair.

"Don't worry. We'll fix it, okay? I don't know how but there's gotta be something we can d-..."

Sam's body moved on its own. Before he realized it, he had his arms wrapped around Allegra, and his lips were on hers. He felt her struggle, so he pulled her in closer. His tongue pushed at her lips, begging her to let him in. Allegra's lips parted, but it wasn't so Sam could deepen the kiss between them. She bit down on his lower lip. The sudden pain snapped Sam out of it. He broke off the kiss. The sting of Allegra's hand against his cheek made him stagger back. He stared at her, eyes wide as he realized what he had done.

"A-Allegra, I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to... No, wait, please!"

She zapped away before Sam could stop her. His breath caught as a crippling heat fell over his body. Pain shot through his head. He fell to his knees, screaming at the burning sensation that took hold of him.
Another crack in the wall. Another truth he didn't want to face.

***

"I'm gonna kill him! I'm gonna rip his goddamn throat out!"

Allegra hurriedly blocked Dean's way as he moved toward the stairs. 

"Dean, please don't!" she pleaded in tears. "I'm okay, nothing happened and..."

"Nothing happened?! Allegra, he practically forced himself on you! You can't expect me to just let that slide!"

"Sam didn't mean it! H-He doesn't know what he's doing!"

"STOP DEFENDING HIM!"

Dean turned his back to Allegra, rubbing his eyes in frustration, anger boiling inside of him. He couldn't understand why she wouldn't just let him kick Sam's ass for going after his girlfriend.
Allegra's arms were suddenly surrounding him. She put her hand around her wrist so he was locked in her embrace. Her body pressed against his as she leaned her cheek against his shoulder blade. Her warmth managed to calm him somewhat.

"If you hurt Sam, you'll never forgive yourself. Please don't do something you'll regret because of me. I don't want to be responsible for that. You need him."

"I need you more. It's just... since I found out about what happened between the two of you last year, I... I'm afraid of losing you to him, Alley."

"That won't happen. I told you I don't want Sam, I want you, Dean. I love you."

Dean caught Allegra's pleading eyes searching his own over his shoulder. He turned in her arms and cupped her face. There was so much love in her expression. Love for him. How could he ever believe she would leave him? He leaned in, whispering two words right before their lips touched.

"I know."

***

"I'm not too sure this is gonna work. I mean, this stuff is supposed to burn the bejeezus out of Eve, doesn't even give me a sunburn."

Everyone looked at Dean's arm, where he just rubbed some of the Phoenix ashes on his own skin. Nothing happened.

"Maybe it's like uh... maybe it's like iron or silver," tried Sam. "You know? Hurts them, not us."

"Maybe, but a fat lot of good it does us 'til we find the bitch."

Allegra flashed her eyes between the two brothers. Sam returned an hour ago, just as she and Dean came up with a way to put the ashes into bullets to use against Eve. She managed to keep Dean calm so far, but there was a definite tension between the brothers. She felt it on both their souls. Fortunately, it didn't show on the outside. Bobby seemed completely unaware something was up.

"I'm looking," he said in response to Dean. "But I'm thinking maybe it's time you made a call."

"Why has it always got to be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass. The dude's busy."

Just then, the angel of the Lord appeared next to Allegra. She'd, of course, sensed him coming but still jumped a little when he suddenly stood right next to her. 

"Dammit, Cas, get out of my ass!" Dean exclaimed when he saw him.

"I was never in your..." Allegra shot him a warning glare. "Euhm, never mind. Have you made any progress in locating Eve?"

"Well, we were gonna ask you about that," answered Bobby.

"No, I've looked, but she's hidden from me. She's hidden from all angels."

"Awesome." Dean sighed wearily. "What about Alley? Could she track down Eve if she tapped into you?"

Castiel tilted his head a little, looking a bit awkward.

"I don't believe that will work either. Allegra's grace is still buried deep within her. She doesn't know how to use it properly yet."

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try, right? It's not like Alley's weaker than you are."

"No, bu-..."

"Can everyone stop talking about Allegra like she's not right here?" snapped Allegra.

Dean gave her an apologetic look whilst Castiel avoided looking at her directly.

"You know, what we really need is an inside man," thought Sam aloud. "Something with claws and sympathy. We've met one or two friendly monsters, right? We can find one who can tell us what we need to know."

"I will look for one you have encountered before," said Castiel, and he disappeared.

"Awesome. Okay, I'll clean this mess up, then," said Dean.

"I'll help you," offered Allegra.

"Come on, Sam, we'll check the lore one more time." 

Bobby didn't give Sam any chance to react and just dragged him up the stairs with him. Allegra watched them go, relieved that Dean hadn't burst out against Sam. She nudged him as she joined him to clear the table. 

"You okay?"

He met her gaze and smiled weakly.

"I will be. If I focus on Eve, I don't have to think about Sam. But now that I am focusing on Momma Monster, I just don't think these bullets are gonna be enough."

Allegra looked down at the 5 bullets and what little was left of the ashes. She agreed that the bullets were a long shot. There had to be another way for them to get the ashes directly into Eve. Make her inhale them, or... maybe...

"I think I have an idea."

***

After a while, and with the help of a 'friendly' monster, they managed to find Eve in Grants Pass, Oregon. But her influence and lethal infection was already spreading through town fast. To make matters worse, both Allegra and Castiel seemed to be powerless in Eve's domain. They couldn't zap away, nor use any of their other powers. Allegra even tried to turn a puddle into blood, but nothing happened.
Things might have still been salvageable were it not for the Sheriff and his men going loco. Only Dean and Allegra managed to escape, as they hid just in time when the posse came for the group. The couple followed them to the station and were just in time to save Sam, Dean and Castiel from the Jefferson Starships (aka the infected zombie-people under Eve's control, so nicknamed by Dean). 

Castiel, Bobby, and Allegra stayed in the station to get Eve's location out of the Sheriff, whilst Dean and Sam dropped off these two kids they found at their uncle's house. The angel hadn't been too happy about that, but between Allegra and Dean insisting they should take the kids out of town, there wasn't much he could do about it.
Despite everything going on, Allegra noticed something was off about Castiel. He was on edge. And it wasn't because of Eve. Or maybe it was, but something else was going on too. She would definitely talk to Dean about him later.
They waited for the brothers to return and then proceeded to the address the Sheriff had given Castiel. To everyone's surprise, it was the diner they visited earlier that day. 

"Sam and I'll go in," said Dean. "If we don't get a shot off, you better."

"That's the plan?" asked Bobby, his brow furrowed.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Well, at least it ain't complicated."

Sam handed Bobby his bag and made sure his gun was ready to fire while Dean pulled Allegra into an embrace.

"You know what to do, right?" he whispered.

"Don't worry, I've got your back," she replied with a hushed voice.

With a heart that seemed to slow every second, Allegra watched her boyfriend go into the diner to face the Mother of Monsters. As agreed, she hurried to the back of the diner through an alleyway while Castiel and Bobby covered the front and entered through the backdoor. She took out the gun Dean gave her, really wishing she spent some more time practicing her shooting skills. 
Faint voices reached her. Allegra silently made her way to the swinging door that led to the front of the counter where everyone had gathered. She peered through the small gap at the door. Dean sat at the corner of the counter with no bag and no guns. Things weren't looking good. 

Her breath caught when she followed the conversation. Those two children Sam and Dean saved were also infected... and out in the world to spread the infection. Allegra's heart sank more when Bobby and Castiel were brought in. She couldn't wait for the agreed time. She had to act now. 
But just when she was about to go in, Allegra was pulled back by a pair of strong hands. Her attacker pushed her down on the floor, hands now closing around her throat. Allegra tried to get him off her, but he was too strong. The man nearly choked the life out of her when, all of a sudden, he burst into flames. As the fire cleared, another figure hovered over Allegra.

"You should really watch your back, love. You never know what might happen."

Crowley extended his hand to her, helping her to her feet.

"How did you know?" asked Allegra, her voice raw and raspy. "Ratdemon still tailing me?"

"Sometimes, but not tonight," answered Crowley smugly. "I already had an engagement to be here. Speaking of which, must leave now. Tie up some loose ends and all. You might wanna do the same here by the looks of things."

Allegra whirled around and peered through the small window in the door. Eve stood close to Dean. She leered over Dean's shoulder.

"Don't test me."

"Bite me," reacted Dean defiantly.

Eve sank her teeth into his neck. Allegra held her breath as she held the gun ready. 

Please work, please work, please work.

Monster Momma let go of Dean, staggering back, coughing violently. Her eyes stood wild as she looked up at her victim. 

"Phoenix ash," said Dean as he put his hand on the wound in his neck. "With an ounce of whisky. Down the hatch. Little musty on the afterburn. And just for good measure - Allegra, now!"

Allegra kicked open the door, stepped into the room, and pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced itself right into Eve's heart. She uttered a choking gasp. A light radiated from the wound. Dark liquid oozed out of her mouth and nose, and she dropped dead on the floor. The Jefferson Starships attacked, and Castiel warned everyone to close their eyes. With Eve dead, the angel was once again able to use his powers, and he blasted a white light through the diner, killing every monster inside. 
Allegra hurried over to Dean and put her hand on his wound. It hadn't looked that bad from afar, but now she saw it up close, she saw Eve actually tore his skin off. If she weren't dead already, Allegra would kill her for this.

"Nice shot." Dean groaned in pain.

"Ssh, don't talk. Castiel?"

The angel came over to them and touched Dean's shoulder. The wound was instantly healed. Allegra searched Dean's eyes to see if he was in any more pain, but it didn't look like he was. 

"I'm good," he said reassuringly. "We gotta go."

"Where?" asked Castiel.

"The little kid. He's one of 'em."

"What? Unbelievable..."

"Yeah, I know, Cas, you told me, all right? Let's just go."

Sam and Bobby immediately moved to Castiel's side. He looked over to Dean, but Allegra put her hand up.

"I got him. Go, we'll be right behind you."

The angel nodded reluctantly and zapped away, taking Bobby and Sam with him. Allegra put her hands around Dean's neck and pulled him for a kiss. 

"God, I was so scared for you," she said, allowing her heart to finally be at ease. 

"Clearly." Dean smirked at her. "I'm okay, I promise. We should join the others, though. They'll worry if we stay away too long."

"Okay. Hold on tight, though. I've never actually done this with anyone before. Well, a body once. I mean, I haven't done this with someone alive and..."

"Alley! You're rambling again. Don't think about it too much and do what you always do."

He put his hands at her waist.

"I trust you."

Those three words gave her all the courage and strength she needed.

***

The children were dead. So was the uncle. They killed the uncle; that much was clear. But the boys had fallen victim to demons. Sulfur on the ground proved that. Allegra felt uneasy. She couldn't stop thinking about what Crowley said about loose ends.

"So what do you think?" asked Sam.

"I think that demons don't give a crap about monster tweens unless they're told to," replied Dean.

"So you think Eve was telling the truth then?"

"The truth about what?" asked Castiel.

"She said that Crowley's still kicking."

"Was she certain?"

Allegra narrowed her eyes at the angel. She expected another reaction from Castiel, considering he torched 'Crowley's' bones, but nothing came. 

"Sounded pretty sure."

"I'll look into it immediately."

Castiel vanished, only fueling Allegra's suspicion. Why did it feel like he was running away?

"Well, let us know what you find out!" Dean yelled to the sky and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"So... suppose it's true... How did Crowley get away?" wondered Bobby aloud. "I mean, it's not like Cas to make mistakes like that. Unless..."

"Unless what?" 

"Unless he meant to."

"Bobby, this is Cas we're talking about!"

Bobby and Sam exchanged glances. Allegra kept her own mouth shut and looked away. She had to be sure first. Dean wouldn't accept anything said against Castiel without proof. Then again... she already had proof. It was buried in Bobby's garage.