An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“Uncle Edgar, these are my friends! What are you doing?” Sheila was shocked and stood before her friends with her arms wide open. “Hmph! They’re nothing but a bunch of troublemakers!

“Just one look and you could tell that they’re bad influences! Now, step aside! “Edgar roared.

“No! They’re innocent! You can’t hurt them!” Sheila reasoned. “Mr. Murray, we didn’t do anything. This is a misunderstanding!” Vivian hastily explained.

“That’s right! It was an accident that Roxanne got hurt. It has nothing to do with us!” The group was panicking.

Edgar was a very decisive man and held authority within the family. It would only lead to trouble if they were to be apprehended by him. Even if they escaped death, they would probably still be tortured.

“Still trying to argue your way out? If it wasn’t for your schemes, how would Midnight Shadow have suddenly gone berserk?

“Do you think I’m stupid?” Edgar bellowed. Based on the information he received earlier, he found two aspects of the matter suspicious. Firstly, Midnight Shadow was a Thoroughbred. How could it have lost to a pony?

that it suddenly attacked its rider. “Wait! Sir Edgar, if someone is behind this, it must have been

one

this guy is indeed suspicious. “He must have planned it to harm

make sure they weren’t implicated. That way, they could avoid any punishment

“Were you the one who won against my daughter in the

But your daughter getting hurt had nothing to do with me.

to get Midnight Shadow to stall. But he never hurt anyone intentionally. Roxanne was the only one to

expression darkened. He smirked. “Bravo… Well done! It was

man and subject him to severe torture!” “Yes, sir!” Four armed soldiers

Sheila suddenly took out a knife and stood in front of Dustin. She yelled, “If any of you does anything, I

hesitant to step forward. Sheila was Christopher’s favorite granddaughter

“You insolent woman!”

sure are bold! How dare the culprit?” you defend “Dustin