Markus blushed a bit when she kissed him on the forehead. When Whisper told him what happened, Markus was about to lose it, but held back his anger at the sight of tears in it's eyes. He sighed and looked at the hound, "Look, you can stay with us for a while." He paused for a bit and knelt down to the hounds level, "But just know, that if you try anything, I will not hesitate for even the slightest moment to end you. I'm here to protect her, not you." The knight tried to get his point across without being too cold, but failed. After he warned the hound he got back up and walked over to the tree he was at earlier and sat against it, "You two get some rest, we still have a long journey ahead of us."