Love and fear
Lanie looked down, unable to maintain eye contact.
"Oh Lanie, no, no, never! I have never felt anything but friendship for Lucy. You, on the other hand, I've never been so in love! I die inside every time you leave me." Axel jumped from the bed and engulfed Lanie in his arms, pulling her face between his hands.
"Then why haven't you marked me?"
"Lanie, I can't mark you until the night of our Luna and alpha ceremony. Didn't Liza tell you this when she was here?"