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?”

visibly shocked by what they had just seen.

as, in the blink of an eye,

Dustin was standing there unscathed.

punk just do?” Edward’s expression

bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on

laying unmoving on

your last chance. Let her go,” Dustin threaten

angrily and waved his

men.

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

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

were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who was like a ferocious tiger.

in the short span of a few breaths, they were all lying on the

was completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the

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

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

scene.

this guy so strong?” Chris‘ eyes were wide open in

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

an indecipherable expression on her face once she

for three years but she never knew that

good at hiding it? Or was it

she wondered. 1

Edward started panicking at this point and he involuntarily

am your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he

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

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

knife.

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

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

“Argh-”

with a slap to his face

mouth.

as though