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.

swift punches that connected loudly

two huge men collapsed to the floor as though

“Huh?”

was visibly shocked by what they had just

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

Dustin was

punk just do?” Edward’s

they could take on a group of people on their

were both laying unmoving on the floor after just one

Let

your dreams! Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand to

men.

but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting any more time

his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his

like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin,

could be heard, and in the short span of a few breaths, they were all

completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to

with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever guessed that he was so

so many men with

scene.

Chris‘ eyes

of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered

to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once she came back to her

but she never knew that

at hiding it? Or was it

she wondered. 1

Edward started panicking at this point and

Dustin stated

back!” Edward shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it

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

knife.

switchblade fell to the floor

stunned for a moment before he let out a piercing

“Argh-”

slap to his face

mouth.

though he had

you’re dead meat! All of you are dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered up the courage to throw out a