The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 179

Insle, Kelly sat on one side, her jaw clenched so hard it was a wonder her teeth didn't crack.

"They're traitors, Jasmine," Kelly hissed, eyes burning. "Dirty, backstabbing traitors. And you know what we do with traitors?"

"We crush them. We make them regret the day they decided to cross us."

Jasmine pressed two fingers against her temple, trying to will away the headache that pounded behind her eyes.

She'd had enough chaos for one day.

"I get it, Kelly," she said in a low voice. "But we need a real plan.“.

Kelly's eyes flickered with frustration.

"You want a plan? How about we start by tossing every piece of human trash that came out of Detroit or Winston? You heard that bastard Charles-he's still got connections everywhere."

A muscle in Jasmine's cheek twitched.

If only she'd been more ruthless, if only she'd shut the door on Charles for good.

But regrets wouldn't keep them safe now.

"Jasmine, Hesitation is the enemy of power. Strike first, or be struck down."

"You know we can't just massacre people," Jasmine muttered. "There has to be some line we won't cross."

"Listen Jasmine, a ruler must choose: to be feared or to be betrayed. There is no third path."

Across the aisle, Alex observed quietly. "Jasmine... your bodyguards. How well do you trust them?"

Jasmine replied. "I trust them with my life. They've been with me for ten years." "Where are they from?"

The question hit Jasmine like a punch to the gut.

"Detroit," she said, heart pounding.

Something about Alex's question twisted her stomach into knots. "You're not suggesting-'

But before she could finish, Alex's head whipped toward the front of the helicopter.

00

The two pilots exchanged a look-then, in a flash, they kicked the doors wide open and bailed out with parachutes.

"What the hell!" Kelly shouted, scrabbling forward.

She watched in shock as the helicopter continued on autopilot, no one at the controls.

rotors surrounded them, growing louder by

military choppers appeared on the horizon, slicing

the missiles

she screamed. "They're

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contrails scorching the air as they

Alex lunged into the center of the

them in each

existence, wrapping around the three of

bubble of condensed

first missile slammed into

BOOM!

violently Jasmine's head snapped

grunted, his energy shield sparking under the

BOOM! BOOM!

Another barrage struck.

flames, the

hairline; he could feel his bones

a charging freight train with nothing but

let out a strangled cry as unconsciousness

limp in

into pieces, leaving only Alex and everyone else

Alex couldn't give up. Steeling himself, he forced the shield to expand

incoming missiles turned them right

against the pursuing helicopters, sending flaming wreckage spiraling

the

Two still alive.

heart thundered

his body, but he summoned the last vestige

his strength.

pair of missiles

sideways with his energy, hurling

storm of

shattered the sky as the

of blue, streaked with dying sunlight as Alex struggled through the

Jasmine sagged against him on either side, unconscious and

across his

breath came

it had

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just a speck crossing from Vermont's airspace into

more distant by

corner of his mouth, painting a dark