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

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

was standing there

that punk just do?” Edward’s expression sank.

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

both laying

your last chance. Let her go,”

retorted angrily and waved his hand

men.

scoffed and attacked first, not wasting any more time on

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

waiting to be slaughtered, in

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

hall was completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped

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

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

scene.

is this guy so strong?” Chris‘ eyes were

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

had an indecipherable expression on

she never knew that Dustin was

just really good at hiding it? Or was it because I never cared enough to notice?”

she wondered. 1

Who are you!” Edward started panicking at this

your reckoning,” Dustin stated as

switchblade and held it

and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold

knife.

switchblade fell to

he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a

“Argh-”

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

mouth.

instantly soured, as though he had