Castyr immediately felt light-headed as the machine began draining his energy; his body felt as if it was phasing in and out of reality. The star closed his eyes as the pull from the machine tugged on his life force.
A cry from outside the dome sho...
I am lying in a room in the clan house when I wake. The crypt is gone and so is Devyn. Devyn!! Where is he? I sit up quickly and look around. A woman enters carrying a tray of ointments and medicines.
"Where's Devyn- was a human brought here?" I inquire of the woman. I startle her, the medicine bottles clinking together on the tray.
She nods.
"Where is he?"
"In the hold. Where we keep them."
The word them sparks a fire in my bones. Devyn is not one of them. At least not to me.
I throw back the blanket and rush out of the room. My family is shocked when they see me run through the house. I dash onto the busy street and race to the hold at the edge of the town.
They better have not touched a single hair!!
I burst through the door and rush to the cages to see a demon assaulting Devyn. I barge into the cell and get Devyn away from the demon. After gently setting the human on the ground and burning off his restraints, I turn around and face his attacker.
"What are you-"
I cut off the demon by punching him in the jaw.
"How dare you. Stay away from him," I hiss.
"How dare I? What say do you have? Is he yours? I didn't find your mark anywhere on his body. And trust me, I would have seen it if it was," Ryiak sneers.
I ignore Ryiak and help Devyn to his feet. Devyn leans against me as I wrap my arm around his shaking shoulder.
"You have no right to stop me," Ryiak smirks.
I turn to leave when Ryiak adds, "I'm going to claim him tonight...since you don't have the guts to take him. I've gotten quite attached to him, you see."
I stop in my tracks. I clench my jaw as I realize what I have to do. I cannot let Ryiak claim Devyn. I carefully spin Devyn and hold him from behind. He is too tired to resist and just leans against me.
"I'm sorry," I whisper before pressing my lips to Devyn's bare shoulder.
"What are you doing?" Ryiak asks as my eyes turn red. "No! I was going to do it! He's mine!"
I stare Ryiak down as I feel my power flow through my mouth and into Devyn. Devyn lets out a whimper as the heat burns my mark into his back.
"Denzyl."
Tears touch my eyes as I hear Devyn say my name through the pain, but I cannot stop. This is the only way I can protect him. I remove my lips to see the red glow of the fresh mark burned into him.
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