An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Crystal frowned as she met Miles's intense gaze. "Miles, you should call it quits. If you continue to gamble, it'll only lead you deeper into trouble."

Gamblers often found themselves trapped in a cycle of addiction, and they were never content with their winnings.

Their insatiable desire for more drove them to risk everything. Hence, it often led them to stray from the right path.

At that moment, he appeared to be showing signs of addiction. If left unchecked, it could lead to disaster.

"Just one more bet, Crystal. I promise. If I win this time, I'll quit for good," Miles pleaded earnestly.

"Yes, I'm with him. I've even wagered my sword. I need to win it back," Ruby chimed in.

Their hopeful eyes bore into Crystal's.

"Have you considered the consequences if you lose?" she countered.

"It won't happen, I swear. I'll be cautious this time and only bet when I'm confident. I won't lose again," Miles assured.

"Yeah, we were led astray before. If we had trusted our instincts, we'd be winning by now," Ruby added.

"Don't you get it? Gambling never ends well. If you keep going, it'll only end badly," Crystal said sternly.

"Crystal, just one more try. If we break even, we'll quit for good! I promise," Miles pleaded.

lend us some. We'll pay you back if we

stubborn? Can't you

won before. What happened earlier was just bad luck. If you lend us some

want to get our swords back. Please, give us

back, but I won't lend you any celestial stones for gambling," Crystal

and Ruby exchanged a helpless glance. They knew Crystal's resolve and that lending celestial stones was off the

their significant losses, they couldn't bring themselves to give up. They still hoped to recover the celestial stones they had lost in the bet. Unfortunately, they had depleted

pained expressions, Crystal approached the betting table and redeemed

swords. No more gambling." She tossed

from them as they looked at their swords. It wasn't happiness

the celestial stones lost in their bets

keep gambling, you'll only dig yourselves into

bunch of celestial stones. Obviously, you can afford to walk away. But we haven't gained anything," Ruby

for more. How do you expect

glance and opted to

her enthusiastic urging, another batch of new

the cycle began

the gamblers to win a few rounds. Then, she would let them savor success and gradually get

celestial stones, while the

the gamblers hoped that luck could still be on their side. One defeat