Chapter 149 - Are You Afraid?

"Do you want to be part of the pack now?" she knew she should have said yes. She knew that she had to be the part of the pack since she had accepted to be their luna and his wife.

It was only kind of them he was asking her and not forcing it on her. Yet when she thought about being marked by him, she felt uneasy in her heart.

As if she was betraying him and others too. Suddenly the face of the hooligan that had barged into his room flashed in front of him and she took a step back.

Richard frowned when he saw the layer of sweat forming on her face and her scared face.

"Do not worry, it will not hurt you. I will just mark you as my mate!" he assured but that did not take the feeling that was hurting her but only increased it.

"I deny!" the words left her mouth before she could even think much about it, making his eyes flickered. He looked at her with confusion, but there was another uneasy feeling that filled his heart too.

"I am not ready for it yet. For the mark! It is a big responsibility and I will only take it when I am done with my revenge." she muttered as fast as she could, afraid that he would be angry or disappointed.

She did not know why she was feeling hesitated but she knew that that was not what her heart wanted.

Hazel felt panicked, when Richard did not reply for long. He was too silent for her liking. Had she been too brutal there? After all, she had no idea how these markings worked and how important it was for him.

"Richard, if you want.." even when she tried the words just did not let her mouth and he sighed.

"No! You are right! I might be being too hasty here. Take your time and finish your goals here. I will take you to the land of Alienore and mark you there!" with that he held hand of Hazel and continued, 

"But that did not change the fact that you are my wife already!" she nodded but did not look into his eyes. She did not know why, but she was feeling too uneasy! 

"You brought me here to mark me?" she asked changing the subject as she looked around and he sighed.

He did not know that she would feel so uneasy that she would not even look at him! And here he thought that she would be delighted since they had celebrated their marriage reception just a while ago.

"Yes! And also to show you something!" he muttered as he looked at the distance and soon a lot of wolves started to come running from there.

"Ohh!" She looked at the scene with wide eyes. There were a lot of grey, golden, ashen and arctic wolves but none of them was black one.

"Wwooo" a low growl left their lips as they came and stood in front of her as if greeting her respectfully.

"What did you call them?" She did not hear him speaking or saying anything but they came running as if they were waiting for the single for long.

"I mind linked them. Basically i called you here so that you can mind link them and call them for the first time. 

But well, they are here in the end." he replied with a sigh and Hazel felt the guilt filling her again.

"I am sorry!" That was all she could say but he shook his head.

"No! I was the one who was being too hasty! You already have so much on your plate.

It is just that I thought if you would be part of the pack, they would protect you!" he rubbed her shoulders gently to make it her at ease. But the more he came closer, a strange feeling started to fill her heart but she let it go and shook her head.

"Do you remember the ring we have taken as our wedding ring?" he gained her attention again and she nodded.

"Hmm, that would work for now. Whenever you rub the face of the wolf of the ring, they would receive your signal and come for help. They would serve you the way they are serving me!" he replied in a low voice as he turned to look at them.

"Wwooo" 

They all howled in unison as if they were showing her their obedience and soon they all turned into their human form.

They all nodded their heads in front of her and returned the same.

"I am grateful for your support and kindness!" she replied sincerely when they shook their heads.

They were the best warriors of the pack that have been serving and it was their duty to serve their future luna too. 

Though she was a human, they would have still served her well but she was not even marked by their master that created a slight confusion in their heart. But they did not dare to go against the will of their master.

"You all may leave!" They were relieved to be dismissed and soon took the form of wolves and ran away from there.

"Shall we go back?" he asked and she slowly bowed her head.

"You know that you do not need to think too much about it!" he assured her again when he looked at her ashen face and she sighed.

Why did he even listen to the advice of Ranold that she needed protection of the warriors and she would only get their complete obedience if she would be marked as their luna.

He should have asked her first to bring here and now he had made a mess of everything without even an idea on how to make it better.

"Hazel!" he called the girl that was looking like she had been given death punishment and she turned to look at him with confusion, 

"Are you afraid that I will find my Luna one day?"