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He looked up to see Emily looking at Richard while Richard held a scorn on his face still glaring into Leo's dark eyes.



"It's okay to be "over protective" with your mate...", Leo said the words "over protective" as he drew some invisible quotes in the air.



".. it just shows your in love..", Leo finally said as he showed off his evil smile to Richard and Emily.



His arrogance wasn't the only thing that annoyed Richard so much, his boring sense of humor and his stupid evil smile made Richard feel like tearing off his skin from his bones.



Richard sat on his chair, feeling so irate than ever.



Leo was an expert in bringing up some tempting words to Richard, always forcing Richard to take some advances terrible steps, but Richard always managed to scale through them all.



But this, this was going to be the zenith of them all. The heat in his body was rising, his clenched jaw and fist, hairs on his skin rising up higher and more visible than usual, and his eyes burning like hot flames.



He was just a second away form leaping on Leo and ripping off his skin and all his internal organs from his system, but Emily's gentle tap on his hand managed to take down some of his anger.



"I would be delighted..", Emily spoke out breaking the grave silence between the three of them.



She looked back at Richard who seemed very angry, but then, she whispered some word to him, "don't worry. It's fine".



She turned back and smiled at Leo again and said out again, "I'd love to have a dance with you".



She smiled and then, Leo smiled back again, looking at Richard with some form of mockery eyes.



He held Emily's hand as he led her tongue dance floor and began to dance in accordance to the rhythm of the music being played.



He his left hand on her waist and then held out her left hand with his right hand, dancing slowly, as the music led them.



"Do you know who I am?", He asked as he shifted from her, using her hands to turn her and then grabbing her waist again.



"I supposed not", Emily replied with a sweet Charming voice.

It touched his soul, his eyes were getting darker, he was having some weird feelings for the Alpha's mate.



"I'm what you call... Your brother-in-law", he said as he dragged her down, but still holding her waist.



The shock on her face was something he couldn't describe. Though, Leo had always known his brother would never tell Emily about him, they had some sort of feud between themselves





He dragged her up and then she uttered, "you're Richard's brother?"



Richard had never mentioned anything about having relatives, all through out the time they knew each other, Richard had never for once talked about having a brother, she thought of it, was Richard lying to her the entire time?



The smile on his face connotated her thoughts and her questions. She could tell he wasn't surprised with the question, she could read his facial expression which spoke of him knowing well that his brother wouldn't day a thing about him to his mate.



"I didn't know that", Emily replied, her hands still firmly held by Leo's masculine hands, though it didn't hurt her one bit



"Surely my brother wouldn't say anything about me. He's just a cocky type, ruling a pack which doesn't deserve to be his", Leo answered as he rolled his eyes



His statement comprised of jealousy and envy, he sounded like someone who felt his rights had been taken away from him.



"What do you mean?", Emily asked as she raised questioning eyebrows.

What would really make him say something like that?, She thought to herself



"I didn't introduce myself", Leo said acting like a gentleman, but no matter how he always tried, he always flopped badly.



"My name is Leo. Richard is my step brother", Leo said with a seemingly disgusting smile on his face.



"Oh!!", Emily uttered out. That was all she could I say, then she realized what he meant, but then she got so confused.



If Richard was born first before him, and then the pack leadership was handed over to Richard, why would Leo then think Richard wasn't fit to be Alpha?

Was this an act of jealousy being displayed by the man who claimed to be the one fit to be the true alpha of the Bluemoon pack.



She stood there, puzzling on the right words but then asked him, "So who's older?".



"Huh?", Leo acted like he didn't hear the question he was being asked, his acting skills were poor, without flair, buy he kept on dancing with Emily.



"I mean... Who's older.. between you and Richard?", She asked again, this time being specific and clear, hitting the nail on the head.



"Does it matter?", Leo asked with his devilish smile written on his face.



"Yes.. it matters..", Emily said with a smile on her face. She began to twist her questions in such a away that it made Leo stammer while he spoke.



"I deserve to be Alpha", he stammered as he said. With the thoughts he had running in his mind, that was all he could utter out.



He began to stare at Emily with some dark eyes, his grip on her becoming very firm, hurting her and then, dragging her closer to himself, firmly holding on to her waist.



"I will be Alpha...", He said with a dark voice and then a groan, his words filled with anger and jealousy.



"Until then...", Emily said as she smiled even in the midst of the pain.



"Until then.., she continued, "He will still be Alpha, and you will have no choice but to accept it.", She spoke with a high level confidence.



She leaned closer to his face and then whispered to him softly, "And you can't bring him down".



Once she said that, he finally let go of her willingly, and then, she raised up the frontal end of her dress and she walked majestically to where Richard sat.



But Leo stood still, he puzzled on her deep words. The confidence in her voice, it was something that baffled him.



She said it plainly to him that he could Never bring down Richard, but would have to accept the fact that Richard was Alpha.



He clenched his fist angrily, his face becoming stiff and turning red, he growled as Emily's words were still tormenting his thoughts, he kept staring at her as she was walking towards Richard.



He could see Richard, holding her hand, and kissing her knuckles, accompanied with both of them chuckling and giggling at each other.



Then he realized he couldn't do anything to hurt any of them, and even if he wanted to do something, he would have to sit down and plan out some strategies which may or may not come out to be perfect.



All he could do was to throw his face to another direction and walk out of the hall



Emily kept walking closer to Richard, her smile sent some soothing feeling into his heart



"My Lord...", She said to him in a seductive low pitched tone, her smile showing off some of the rouge she applied on her face.



"Won't you ask me to a dance?", She said as she stretched forth her hands towards Richard.



He felt hypnotized, swept away by her charming voice, and then he held her hands and answered, "of course my lady".