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

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

Dustin was standing there unscathed.

just do?” Edward’s expression

they could take on

strange that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just one face–off.

is your last chance. Let her

Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand to

men.

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

attacks were extremely fierce. Each of

waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin,

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

completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with an

guests had their jaws slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them

so many men with his own strength, just like in

scene.

Chris‘ eyes were wide open in

piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out loud, feeling

Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her

never knew that Dustin was such a formidable fighter.

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

she wondered. 1

at this point and he involuntarily took two steps

Dustin stated as

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

I hate most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a

knife.

forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor

a piercing shriek, similar to that

“Argh-”

up.” Dustin cut Edward off with a slap to his

mouth.

as though he had just tasted