GUARDIAN DEMON | BL ✔

CHAPTER 80

"Do you already hate me that much?" Daena inquired with a raised brow as she stood over Denzyl. "I haven't even done it yet."

The avex released a low growl as the elder reached her hand toward him and pulled his shirt down to reveal the back of his shoulder. Denzyl jerked against the men grappling him as the cold air stung his exposed skin. "Keep him still," Daena commanded as she hovered her hand above the avex's skin. As Denzyl's mark was a shadow of the one he had placed on Devyn, it remained hidden unless Devyn's mark had been activated. However, as the elder began chanting, Denzyl's back began to burn, and the mark became visible for all to see.

Denzyl grimaced as the mark began to burn and smoke. Daena's eyes turned red as she continued to chant and hover her hand over the avex. Daena's hand began to glow golden as the mark began to flake away from Denzyl and stick to the palm of her hand. A growl from the subdued demon rumbled throughout the cave, and black whispering mist began swirling around the elder and her prey. Daena continued to chant and remove the mark from Denzyl until the avex flung the men holding him down into the air.

Silence filled the cave as Denzyl rose to his feet. Knocked to the ground, Daena stared up at the man before her in fear. "How dare you steal a mark that was already given." The voice that spoke sent chills down Klein's spine. Denzyl's dyre had emerged, and it was pissed. Black veins crept over the avex's pale skin, and his pupils narrowed as he snarled at the woman lying at his feet.

Moving toward the elder, Denzyl bared his claws and raised his hand. He had no mercy for those who wished to break his bond with his love. Daena stayed still and waited for the avex to prepare to strike with a smirk on her lips. A piercing pain followed by the injection of a chilling serum created from the waters of the Soul Sea caused Denzyl to falter as he stepped toward his target. The avex clutched his chest that had immediately begun to freeze, and the black veins retreated as his dyre was forced to withdraw.

A second needle pierced Denzyl, and another serum was injected, bringing the avex back to his knees. "Don't think you're getting out of this that easily," Daena sneered as she rose back to her feet and nodded at Ryiak who stood behind Denzyl with the two emptied vials. Ryiak backed away from the avex at the elder's nod of approval and went to bring the new heir to the elder.

Jun struggled against Ryiak as the blue-haired demon dragged him to kneel next to Denzyl who was fighting the deadly chills that crept into his body's every crevice. "This wouldn't have hurt so much if you had stayed still," Daena said as she turned to the young heir who glared at her with daggers for eyes. "You seem quite feisty," the elder observed as she watched Jun jerk against Ryiak. Turning to Klein, Daena asked, "Are you going to wipe this one once he has the mark?"

Daena lifted a brow as she waited for Klein to answer. After standing silent for a few moments, the elder pursed her lips and commented, "Well, good luck with handling this one. He's going to cause a lot of trouble if you don't wipe him."

"Just get it done," Klein said in exasperation. He was tired of dealing with the icky situation of securing his heir and wanted it to be wrapped up neatly before Denzyl recovered from the serums and entered his dyre state once more. The serums likely would not prove as effective upon their next injection, so Klein knew this was his chance to get things done before Denzyl recovered and went out of his control.

Hearing the emyr's impatience, Daena turned back toward the two demons kneeling in front of her and instructed the guards to hold them down tightly before hovering her hand above Denzyl's back once more and activating the transfer process. Jun watched with wide eyes as Denzyl's mark reappeared and began to smoke. "Stop it!" Jun yelled at the woman standing over Denzyl. "I don't want his mark! I don't want to have anything to do with you fucking people!"