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

in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards

Dustin was standing there

What did that punk just do?” Edward’s

were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on their own without

strange that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just one

your last chance. Let her go,” Dustin

Get him!” Edward retorted angrily

men.

merely scoffed

his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected

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

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

silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with

Dustin with wide eyes as though he

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

scene.

Chris‘

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

how to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once she came back to her senses.

three years but she never knew that Dustin was such

just really good at hiding it? Or was it because

she wondered. 1

are you!” Edward started panicking at this

your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he

shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and I’ll slit

cold and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s hand that

knife.

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

a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig being slaughtered.

“Argh-”

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

mouth.

soured, as though he