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?”

what they

one understood what had happened as, in the blink of an eye, both

Dustin was standing

did that punk just do?”

bodyguards; they could take on

both laying unmoving on the floor

Let her

him!” Edward retorted angrily

men.

behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting any more time on words.

movements were as fast as lightning, and his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly

slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who was like a

span of a few breaths, they were all lying on the floor.

last bodyguard dropped to the

at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were

many men with his own strength, just like

scene.

strong?” Chris‘ eyes were wide open in

of trash, Dustin

an indecipherable expression on her face once

but she never knew that Dustin was such a formidable fighter.

at hiding it? Or was it because I

she wondered. 1

Who are you!” Edward started panicking at this point and he involuntarily took two

Dustin stated as

suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s

being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash,

knife.

twist, the switchblade fell to the floor with

let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of

“Argh-”

Edward off with a slap to his face just

mouth.

though he had just tasted shit.