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?

never misbehaved. It was suspicious that it suddenly attacked its rider. “Wait! Sir Edgar, if

“He was the one who competed with

“He must have planned it

time like this. It was much more important to make sure they weren’t implicated. That

the one who won against my daughter in

win. But your daughter getting hurt had nothing to do with me. She inflicted it upon herself,” Dustin

But he never hurt anyone intentionally. Roxanne was the only one

herself?” Edgar’s expression darkened. He smirked. “Bravo… Well done! It was

torture!” “Yes, sir!” Four armed soldiers stepped forward

in front of

step forward. Sheila was Christopher’s favorite granddaughter and had a

“You insolent woman!”

are bold! How dare the culprit?” you defend “Dustin is not the culprit! You