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?”

by what they had just seen.

in the blink of an eye, both

standing there

punk just

fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could take

it was strange that they were both laying unmoving

chance. Let her go,”

Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand

men.

bodyguards behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting any

and his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly

sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin,

and in the short span of a few breaths, they were

last bodyguard dropped to the floor with an audible thud.

slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve

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

scene.

so strong?” Chris‘

be? Is this really that piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out

expression on

married for three years but she never knew that Dustin was such a formidable fighter.

was it because I never cared enough

she wondered. 1

are you!” Edward started panicking at this point and he

as he slowly advanced

Edward shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held

turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s hand

knife.

a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor with a loud clattering sound.

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

“Argh-”

up.” Dustin cut Edward off with a slap to his face just as his shriek barely left his

mouth.

as though he had