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 just seen.

what had happened as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were on

was standing there

that punk just

his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on their

laying unmoving on the floor

Let her go,” Dustin

angrily and

men.

immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting

were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with its target.

were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of

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

last bodyguard dropped to the

though he were an anomaly. None of them

so many men with his

scene.

this guy so strong?” Chris‘

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

knows how to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once she

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

at hiding it? Or was it because I never

she wondered. 1

this point

Dustin stated as he slowly advanced

switchblade and held

I hate most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression 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.

moment before he let out a piercing

“Argh-”

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

mouth.

instantly soured, as though he had