An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Anders's smile slowly faded and expressed his displeasure.

"Who dares invade my territory?" he sternly questioned.

"The intruder's identity is unknown, but they're tough! Our guys inside the manor couldn't handle it. Sir, we need backup now!" a guard reported, respectfully bowing.

"Serious firepower? How many troops are we talking about?" Anders narrowed his eyes.

"Just one person," the guard replied.

"What?" Anders scowled.

"You're telling me you couldn't handle one person? What good are you all?"

up, sir. Our apologies!" The guard

should have had this under control with almost a hundred guards in

intruder was exceptional, demolishing everything in his way,

intruder is, we can't let them off easy. Anyone daring to trespass on Jadeleaf Manor needs

his glass for a final swig, then led the crew of

manor's lawn, a bloodied figure slowly approached. Broken bodies of guards lay

in my territory! Are you looking for trouble?" Anders thundered, his voice echoing across

out here and face the consequences!" Dustin ignored Anders, his gaze fixed on Scott in

eyes zeroed in on

Scott squinted, surprised, "I never thought

was foolproof. Once Lana administered Tranqurin to Dustin, even if he was

Lana have betrayed him? Who would sacrifice friends and family for a little