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.

him, Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each

men collapsed to the floor as though they had been

“Huh?”

by what they had just

had happened as, in the blink of an eye,

Dustin was standing

punk just

bodyguards; they could take on a

that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just

is your last chance. Let her go,”

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

men.

remaining bodyguards behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely

attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches

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

short span of a few breaths,

bodyguard dropped to the floor

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

had effortlessly taken down so many men with

scene.

Chris‘ eyes

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

had an indecipherable expression on her face once she came back to her

three years but she never

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

she wondered. 1

this point and

reckoning,” Dustin stated as he slowly advanced toward

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

and in a flash, he

knife.

forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the

a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig

“Argh-”

Edward off with a slap to his face just as his shriek barely

mouth.

instantly soured, as though he had

are dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered up the courage