An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Dustin showed no sign of joy after getting a definite answer from the woman.

Instead, he looked gloomy. The person in Aylka must have only agreed because she was certain she had ways to get the information he needed.

But somehow, he just had a nagging feeling that there was something odd about the whole thing. The closer he got to the bottom of things, the more uneasy he felt.

He didn't even know what was the source of this unsettling feeling. It felt like intuition, but then again, maybe he was just overthinking things.

"Forget it. I'll work things out as they come." Dustin shook his head and did away with these troubling thoughts.

Just as he was about to return to his room for a rest, his phone rang. It was a call from Lana.

"Hello, Ms. Camron. Is anything the matter?" Dustin looked around and noticed that the sun was already setting.

"Ms. Camron? Haha! I'm sorry, you guessed wrong." Suddenly, a raspy voice could be heard through the phone.

"What?" Dustin's brows furrowed instantly. "Who are you? Why do you have Ms. Camron's phone?"

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to her, you better get your

better get moving now! My brothers here can't

promise that they won't do

you better not try anything with her. If you hurt Ms. Camron, I'll make sure you pay for what you've

I'll be waiting

the man laughed maniacally, and then the call

Clearly, the person on the call was doing this to get back at him. And

Ezra would not try anything funny with them after being traumatized. As for Julie, she just had her hand broken at the Moseys mansion two days ago, so she

behind this could only be one of the few others left. But regardless of who

a slum in the

the slums. The area was very dodgy and rampant with banditry. It was a place where many illegal activities took

to hide out in the slums. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was basically a lawless zone. Arson, murder, and theft were regular occurrences in

an area where regular