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

collapsed to the floor as though they had been struck

“Huh?”

shocked by what

had happened as, in the blink of

Dustin was standing

did that punk

bodyguards; they could take on a group of

was strange that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just

chance. Let her

him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved

men.

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

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

burly bodyguards were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the

in the short span of a few

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

slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them

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

scene.

guy so strong?” Chris‘ eyes were wide open in

of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out loud,

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

for three years but she never knew that Dustin was

really good at hiding it? Or

she wondered. 1

at this point and he involuntarily took two

your reckoning,” Dustin stated as

out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer,

I hate most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward

knife.

fell to the

before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig being

“Argh-”

to his face just as his shriek barely left

mouth.

though he had just

Edward somehow mustered