An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

Chapter 17

“Then go to die!” Dustin stated expressionlessly, but his hard gaze was unnerving.

“Go to thell?” Edward burst out laughing.

Even the group of bodyguards standing behind him burst into laughter; all of them looked at Dustin as though he were an idiot.

“You little punk! Don’t you know who I am? You’ve got some nerve speaking to me that way,” Edward said cockily.

“I don’t know who you are, and I couldn’t care less. You have three seconds to let her go, or else,” Dustin stated plainly.

His words instantly caused a stir; even the people who were holding Dahlia were

shocked.

None of them expected that Dustin would say such a thing; he was remarkably brave compared to the silent Chris.

However, such bravery was useless.

“You really don’t know what’s good for you. You’re going to die!” Chris‘ face was full of resentment because Dustin’s show of bravado only made his cowardice even more

apparent.

Naturally, Chris was irritated and even filled with resentment when a good–for- nothing like Dustin was braver than he was.

“Are you fucking insane?” Edward looked Dustin up and down before continuing, “So you want to play hero, huh? Fine! I’ll see just what you’ve got!”

With that, he raised his hand and gave another signal.

Two burly bodyguards swiftly charged forward at the same time to tackle Dustin. Both of them were 6.3 feet tall, extremely muscular, and the size of a bear. They each had an imposing presence.

Dustin looked like a mere child in comparison, so everyone present assumed that this confrontation would be over without suspense.

They were wrong.

Dustin delivered two swift punches that

like that, the two huge men collapsed to the floor as though they had been struck by lightning and were

“Huh?”

shocked by

as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were

was standing

What did that punk just do?” Edward’s expression

were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on their own without any

that they were both laying unmoving on

is your last chance. Let her go,”

Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved

men.

but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not

were extremely

burly bodyguards were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face

and in the short span of a few breaths, they were all lying on

as the last bodyguard dropped to the

were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them

effortlessly taken down so many men with his

scene.

strong?” Chris‘ eyes were

it be? Is this really that piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out loud,

Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face

had been married for three years but she never knew

at hiding it? Or was it because I never cared enough

she wondered. 1

Edward started panicking at this point and

am your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he

switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and

hate most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s hand

knife.

a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor with a

moment before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to

“Argh-”

Dustin cut Edward off with a slap to his face just as his shriek

mouth.

though he had

you’re dead meat! All of you are dead meat!” Edward somehow