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There was no answer, still silence everywhere with Emily having her entire mind inserted into his statement and conversations.

"I bet you don't..", Richard said as he sniffled his nose, cleaning off some droplets of tears from his eyes with his finger.

"About your brother..!", Emily said slowly, hoping he would clear the air of the rumours which spread about his relationship with him.

"Stepbrother..!", Richard corrected as he smiled at her.

"His feelings of entitlement was just too much. Whenever we have a disagreement, a quarrel, a fight, I get the largest portion of the punishment..", Richard continued.

"But why...?", Emily asked again, this time, she repositioned herself on the rock which she sat on, turning her gaze towards Richard whose gaze were unstably moving from his fingers to the moon and back to his hands.

"They said they are taming my beast..", he said as he heaved a sigh, scoffing at the thoughts which his family had about the personality of his being.

He bent his head down and rubbed the temple of his head with his fingers, with the other hand on his waist while he remembered the moments his family had.

Twenty five lashes of one of the most deadliest whips the packs could ever have, he could feel the spikes pierce into his skin, tear some pieces out of his skin with hot blood flowing down his body.

He would have his hands bounded by the strongest of all chains, and with tears rolling down his eyes, he would watch his father command the guards to lash harder and tougher, hoping that with all the whips and rods smitten on his body, the beast and the power within him would simply bend to his command.

"What do you think your wolf wants..?", Emily asked again, her voice interrupting his train of thoughts. He hissed a bit and gave out another sigh as he regained his senses of reality, inwardly giving thank to Emily whose words had prevented him from going an extra mile in his thoughts.

"Peace..!", He said while he stared at her, into her glowing eyes, with the softness of her breath which he felt and the purity of her heart which he saw reflected through her eyes, he hoped for something which would calm his wolf for the rest of his existence.

He took his eyes off her and focused them on the ground, with his hands on his thighs, he inhaled and exhaled deeply while he looked back at the moon.

He felt something warm in his hand, this sensation which caused his wolf to howl lightly, one which charmed his soul and mind and caused him to look at his hands.

He paused for a moment, sitting still with his gaze towards the moon, breathing in like there was an inner transformation which took control within him, like a burden which was lifted away from him, he could feel a certain relief, unexplainable to anyone else even to himself.

He slowly looked down at his hands, and he felt his hands occupied with something, something light and smooth, and squeezing it tightly, the warn within the grip caused him to see the source of this feeling.

This lady beside him, all her attention was on the moon, and when his gaze was on her, he could tell she felt something too which made her turn towards him

They stared at each other, something was happening, weird but relieving, strange but enticing, unusual but soothing, both of them connected by this feeling.

"I've felt something for some minutes now..", Richard said as he squeezed her hands a bit tighter, repositioning himself on the rock and staring at her.

"..the peace I've hoped for.. I've felt it for sometime now and I never want to let it go..!", He clinched closely to her, his eyes moving randomly, visually caressing hers and never wanting to end the Basking in this feeling.

"What could have caused that..?", She asked him innocently, her voice lightened to make his heart moan for more of her, his mind already lost in the thoughts of this lady and her beautiful glowing eyes.

"You..!", He whispered softly, keenly waiting for the moment his hands could explore the exquisite nature of her gentle warm skin.

She looked shocked, dumbfounded at the words which proceeded from his mouth, but her eyes never left him for a minute.

"I know I met you few minutes ago, but I feel something which I can tell you feel too..", he said warmly, rushing the words of his mouth due to the fears and pressure he felt, adrenaline rushing through his body.

"Do you feel it..?", He asked her, his question putting her in a state of complete nothingness, making her heart race and her mind search for the perfect reply for this question of his.

He quickly placed his hand on her warm cheeks, the softness of it was already sending him to a world where only the two of them stood with roses around them..

"Tell me Emily.. do you feel it too..?", He asked again, with both their eyes locked and fully drowned in each other's emotions.

"Yes..", she muttered under her breath, but they were audible to the man whose hands were on her.

He buried his lips in hers, exploring the sweet taste of her lips, the emotions which filled the lips that produced the words that drowned him in love. Now he was sure it was love.

And with every touch and every moment of their kiss, with every pleasure in the smooching, their wolves howled in excitement as they bonded together.

That paused for a moment, with bith faces near each other, and with their eyes locked together, Richard had his hands on her cheeks.

"You're the one the moon goddess kept for me..", Richard muttered under his breath as they joined both forehead together, panting for breath.

"I, Emily..", Emily began with constant panting, breathing heavily as she continued her statement, "take you Richard to be my mate..", she said again as they continued with their effusive smooching, consummating their love under the bright moonlight with their wolves howling in the dead of the night.