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?"

I am. What matters is that your

don't want anything bad happening to her, you better get your ass over to the deserted cathedral at the

better get moving now! My brothers here can't wait to

I can't promise that they won't do anything nasty to

anything with her. If you hurt Ms.

see if you're capable of that then! Anyway, I'll be waiting

here alone." the man laughed maniacally,

slightest hesitation, Dustin sped there with his car. Clearly, the person on the call was doing this to get back at him. And

had her hand broken at the Moseys mansion two days ago, so

of the few others left. But regardless of who it was,

into a slum in the north

very dodgy and rampant with banditry. It was a place where

not be an exaggeration to say that it was basically a lawless zone. Arson, murder, and theft were regular occurrences in this

area where regular