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.

delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with

floor

“Huh?”

by what they

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

was

punk just

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

that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just one

your last chance. Let

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

men.

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

as lightning, and his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with

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

span of

hall was completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with an

eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them

so many men with his own

scene.

strong?” Chris‘ eyes were wide open

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

Dahlia had an indecipherable expression

three years but she never knew that Dustin was

Or was it because I never cared enough

she wondered. 1

panicking at this

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 slit her

in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s

knife.

with a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the

a moment before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that

“Argh-”

to his face just as his shriek barely left

mouth.

soured, as though

of you are dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered up the