An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Brian’s face displayed confusion and embarrassment as Alicia stirred awake. Although her regaining consciousness surprised him, the bruise on his ego stung him even more.

The way Dustin and Grace eyed him only made him feel more like a fool. Now that Alicia was awake, everything he had done before seemed like a farce, and he had never felt so humiliated.

At that moment, his hatred toward Dustin and Grace reached its peak.

“Alicia, how are you feeling? Do you feel any discomfort?” Aurora asked, leaning in with concern.

“My head’s throbbing…” Alicia grimaced and massaged her temples. Then, she asked, “Why am I here? What happened?”

She felt disoriented. Her mind was shrouded in fog, and she had no memory of what had happened, which left her utterly bewildered.

“You were poisoned and in critical condition. Faith and Dr. Rhys came to your aid just in time, or you might not have made it,” Aurora recounted the harrowing experience.

Upon hearing that, Alicia’s gaze shifted to Grace, and she was surprised to see her. “Faith, what brings you here?”

“I heard about your illness and brought a skilled doctor with me. Luckily, we arrived just in time. Otherwise, who knows what might have happened.” Grace smiled faintly.

very thoughtful of you.” Alicia returned the smile before turning her attention to Dustin. “So, you’re Dr. Rhys? Thank you for saving my life. If you ever need anything, just let me

me. I acted at Faith’s behest,”

on between Dr. Rhys and Faith,”

jokes? Just lie down and get some rest,” Grace responded in

don’t move, I’ll fall apart. I need to get up

dizzy, and her whole body began to

it easy,” Aurora said

Aurora’s concern, closing her

opened her eyes with a smile. “Just stood

to be honest with you. The poison affecting you isn’t ordinary. It’s a

doing

had any past conflicts with

frowned and pondered before shaking her

heard about the Combat Tournament at Sacred Wrym Summit, so I decided to join in for fun. I’ve been sightseeing along

remarked. She turned to Dustin,

each other’s thoughts. If it wasn’t revenge, it was likely a scheme from the Hall

between the Mystic Arts Order and the Celestial Alliance. Thereby, the Hall of Gods would benefit from the

suddenly exclaimed as if

few days ago, a strangely dressed person approached me

at the time. But shortly after, I passed out. Could it be that