The heavenly manifestations during Kaiser's birth had raised an alarm in the dragon clan as they wondered what the child would be. However, the most suspicious was Howard. He narrowly missed the patriarch's position when a wild card named Joyce showed up with Lancelot, Anthony's father. Since he missed it, he would make sure his son would get it. Laycon was a disappointment, but Brent was full of promises. And so he focused all his resources on his favorite, who became the unofficial heir, despite being the second son. Leo was soon born, even more promising than Brent. But he already had a favorite, the child with promise whom all resources available would be given to. Once he has had the best, the second best could go to Leo, then the rest. From an early age, Leo was always reminded that Brent was the family's pillar and hope, and his duty was to support his brother who carried the family's dream.

He was not allowed to entertain dreams or any wild ambitions, always keeping in mind that duty came first. No matter how insanely talented he was, he must keep it hidden, secretly helping his brother make it high in the ranking list and other competitions, while coming in a place or two behind his brother, always, without fail.

The unanimous belief was that Leo was only slightly worse than Brent. If only they knew!

And most importantly, he was the sharpest weapon in the hands of his family. All the major losses Kaiser had suffered had something to do with him. When Kaiser blocked his hacking skills to deny him entry into the database and their mansion, he wasn't too bothered because he still had his best tool —Rona. And he had been using her well; way too well.

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Leo chuckled at the memories and smiled through the pain in his heart.

'All these years, I'm still being used ruthlessly regardless of my feelings. Feelings? What feelings? What I want has never mattered in the past. Why will I expect them to understand me now?'

Leo took a deep breath and looked at Brent.

"I will disappoint you today. Go back and tell them that I won't do it. Especially that father of yours. It has been more than a decade. Even a machine must have gotten rusty by now. From today onwards, I don't want to hear anything about Rona. I won't take up any mission that has to do with her. I don't want to hear her name at all. It will be best if the dragon clan, or rather you and dad never asks me for help or sends me on a mission ever again. And unless it's absolutely necessary, do me a favor and never contact me. I have no desire to keep in contact with you guys. I'm happy with my life here, I don't want to pick up after you anymore. If you must become the next patriarch, get it by your own ability. You do not need to kill a little girl to make that happen."

Brent's expression immediately darkened on hearing Leo's firm refusal.

"Shame on you, you forgot your mission for getting close to Rona and actually began to like her. The reason you don't want to kill her is because you just realized you have fallen in love with her. You committed incest with your cousin." He spat in a cold voice, his eyes full of anger, accusations, and disdain.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Leo asked impatiently, his eyes narrowed.

Brent smirked and took a step closer to Leo.

"In your room six months ago, you were eating her out. Do you know what you looked like kneeling between her thighs and eating her like some fucking ice cream with your eyes closed, as if you wanted to melt into her? I thought it was one of the sacrifices you had to make to gain her trust and love, since you delivered the blueprint of his new business plan to us the next morning. But now, it seems like I was wrong. You wanted to have it both ways, keeping her while doing your duty. Aren't you too greedy? Do you think someone from the dragon clan deserves to have love? Especially when that someone is you. What do you think Kaiser will do to you if he realizes that you have been making his baby sister take your cock in her mouth when no one is looking? What about the survival camp three years ago? When the camp fire died out, did you think no one saw you? You sneaked into the cave behind the stream, watching as she took her bath and later getting her to suck your cock. Perhaps, you didn't stop at bj, is Rona's hymen still intact or will her parents disown her when they check her on her twentieth birthday? Leo, you have done way too much to stop now!"

Brent's words brought back memories. Memories he had kept locked up, deep inside his heart never to be checked again. His sanity snapped and his eyes turned to that of a deranged monster in an instant, snarling.

"How dare you?" He roared like a wounded lion and lunged at Brent, tackling him to the ground. In a fit of anger, he raised his hand to punch out Brent's teeth, but his fist never connected with its target.

Leo's hand stopped a mere centimeter away from his face, making Brent smile widely as he caressed Leo's neck.

"I knew it. In your heart, I will always come first, you love me the most no matter how much you deny it. I'm your brother after all."

Leo huffed out hot breath and pushed himself off Brent, getting to his feet. His eyes were full of bitterness as he looked at Brent who just faced him after standing up, making Brent frown.

Leo's eyes were red and beastly, and he was biting his lips so hard blood was dripping out of his mouth. He looked at Brent, making the latter's heart skip a beat. He had never seen Leo look at him with such bloodlust and pain in his eyes, even as he opened his blood stained mouth to speak.

He smiled sadly and looked at Brent with a bone chilling calm, hiding a barely restrained anger.

"Get out of here. I won't do it. And tell your dad and the rest of the family to never send me on missions involving Rona and her branch of the family, ever again. Leave before I lose it. Get lost! Out!"

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