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.

nearer to him, Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each of the men’s

the floor as though they had been

“Huh?”

visibly shocked by what they

one understood what had happened as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were on the

was

that punk

just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could

they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just one

is your last chance. Let her

retorted angrily and waved his hand to

men.

immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked

his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with

bodyguards were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered,

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

the last bodyguard

and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever guessed that he

so many men with his own strength, just like in a

scene.

so strong?” Chris‘

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

knows how to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face

three years but she never knew that Dustin was such

at hiding it? Or was it because I never

she wondered. 1

you!” Edward started panicking at this point and

reckoning,” Dustin stated as he slowly

as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and I’ll

cold and in a flash,

knife.

switchblade fell to the floor with a loud clattering

out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a

“Argh-”

Dustin cut Edward off with a slap to

mouth.

instantly soured, as though

dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered up the courage to throw out