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?

was well- trained and never misbehaved. It was suspicious that it suddenly attacked its rider. “Wait! Sir Edgar, if someone is behind this, it must have been

pointed at Dustin and protested, “He was the one who competed

Now that I think about it, this guy is indeed suspicious. “He must have planned it to harm Roxanne!”

make sure they weren’t implicated. That way,

Dustin. “Were you the one

nothing to

anyone intentionally. Roxanne was the only one to blame for

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

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

in front of Dustin. She yelled, “If any

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

“You insolent woman!”

dare the culprit?” you defend “Dustin is not the