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

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

Dustin was standing there

just do?” Edward’s expression sank.

who had just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on

both laying unmoving on the floor after just one face–off.

Let her

angrily and waved his hand to signal his

men.

scoffed and attacked first, not

were extremely fierce. Each of

burly bodyguards were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who was like a

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

completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with an audible thud.

guests had their jaws slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever guessed that he was

with his

scene.

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

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

an indecipherable expression on

years but she never

hiding it? Or was it because I never cared enough to

she wondered. 1

at this

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

Edward shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come

in a flash, he

knife.

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

moment before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig being

“Argh-”

with a slap to his face just as his shriek barely left

mouth.

as though he had just tasted shit.