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.

the low rumble of rotors surrounded

appeared on the horizon, slicing through the

spotted the missiles

screamed. "They're

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rockets tore through the sky, contrails scorching the

second, Alex lunged into the center of

securing them in each powerful arm as if shielding

into existence, wrapping around the three of

bubble of condensed

once, the first missile slammed

BOOM!

so violently Jasmine's head snapped back, and everything

shield sparking under

BOOM! BOOM!

Another barrage struck.

of flames, the shockwave

he could

to hold off a charging freight train with nothing

let out a strangled cry as unconsciousness

limp in Alex's

entire helicopter shattered into pieces, leaving only Alex and everyone else suspended

up. Steeling himself, he forced

guttural roar, he redirected two incoming missiles turned them right back

helicopters, sending flaming wreckage

the air.

Two still alive.

thundered in

blurred with the toll on his

his strength.

of

them sideways with his energy, hurling them into the final

of metal

bang shattered the sky as the remaining choppers erupted into

shade of blue, streaked with dying sunlight as

him on either side, unconscious and

his arms like lifeless

came

muscle felt like it had been hammered

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was just a speck crossing from Vermont's airspace

Vancouver growing more distant by

trickled from the corner of his mouth, painting a dark red