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

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

“Huh?”

by what

happened as, in the blink of

was

punk

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

both laying unmoving

chance. Let her go,” Dustin

retorted angrily

men.

merely scoffed and attacked

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

slaughtered, in the face of

in the short span of a few breaths,

bodyguard dropped to the floor with an audible

guests had their jaws slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he

with

scene.

this guy so strong?” Chris‘ eyes

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

had an indecipherable expression on her face once she came

married for three years but she never knew that

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

she wondered. 1

started panicking at this point and he involuntarily took two steps

reckoning,” Dustin stated as

back!” Edward shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat.

a flash,

knife.

with a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor

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

“Argh-”

with a slap to his face just as his shriek

mouth.

soured, as though he had

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