An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 17

“Then go to die!” Dustin stated expressionlessly, but his hard gaze was unnerving.

“Go to thell?” Edward burst out laughing.

Even the group of bodyguards standing behind him burst into laughter; all of them looked at Dustin as though he were an idiot.

“You little punk! Don’t you know who I am? You’ve got some nerve speaking to me that way,” Edward said cockily.

“I don’t know who you are, and I couldn’t care less. You have three seconds to let her go, or else,” Dustin stated plainly.

His words instantly caused a stir; even the people who were holding Dahlia were

shocked.

None of them expected that Dustin would say such a thing; he was remarkably brave compared to the silent Chris.

However, such bravery was useless.

“You really don’t know what’s good for you. You’re going to die!” Chris‘ face was full of resentment because Dustin’s show of bravado only made his cowardice even more

apparent.

Naturally, Chris was irritated and even filled with resentment when a good–for- nothing like Dustin was braver than he was.

“Are you fucking insane?” Edward looked Dustin up and down before continuing, “So you want to play hero, huh? Fine! I’ll see just what you’ve got!”

With that, he raised his hand and gave another signal.

Two burly bodyguards swiftly charged forward at the same time to tackle Dustin. Both of them were 6.3 feet tall, extremely muscular, and the size of a bear. They each had an imposing presence.

Dustin looked like a mere child in comparison, so everyone present assumed that this confrontation would be over without suspense.

They were wrong.

As they drew nearer to him, Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each of the men’s faces.

And just like that, the two huge men collapsed to the floor as though they had been struck by lightning and were motionless.

“Huh?”

was visibly shocked by what they

had happened as, in the blink of

was standing

What did that punk just do?” Edward’s

who had just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a group of people

laying unmoving

Let her go,” Dustin

angrily

men.

Dustin, but he merely scoffed and

were extremely fierce. Each

be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who

and in the short span of

bodyguard dropped to the

jaws slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he

had effortlessly taken down so many men with his own strength, just like in a movie

scene.

Chris‘ eyes were wide open in

this really that piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out loud, feeling unsettled.

expression on her face once she came back

never knew that

he just really good at hiding it? Or was it because I never cared

she wondered. 1

started panicking at this point and he

am your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he slowly advanced toward Edward.

held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and I’ll

most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold

knife.

to the floor with

stunned for a moment before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of

“Argh-”

slap to his face just

mouth.

soured, as though he had