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?

suspicious that it suddenly attacked its rider. “Wait!

and protested, “He was the one who competed with

found it strange at the time. Now that I think about it, this guy is indeed suspicious. “He must have planned it to harm

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

you the one who won against my daughter

to do with me. She inflicted it upon herself,” Dustin

never hurt anyone intentionally. Roxanne

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

subject him to severe torture!” “Yes, sir!” Four armed soldiers stepped forward with their guns, ready

and stood in front of Dustin. She yelled, “If any of you does anything, I

forward. Sheila was Christopher’s

“You insolent woman!”

you defend “Dustin is not the culprit! You can’t just apprehend him without evidence!” Sheila tried