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

the horizon, slicing through the clouds like

spotted the

screamed. "They're

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scorching the

Alex lunged into

Jasmine and Kelly close, securing them in

wrapping around the three of

bubble of

missile

BOOM!

violently Jasmine's head snapped back, and everything went white

his energy shield sparking under the pressure. His entire

BOOM! BOOM!

Another barrage struck.

cockpit disintegrated in a wave of flames, the shockwave nearly

his hairline; he could feel his bones creaking under the

like trying to hold off a charging freight train with nothing but

a strangled cry

limp in Alex's

leaving only Alex and everyone else

up. Steeling himself, he forced the shield

two incoming missiles turned them right back at their

another, exploded against the pursuing helicopters,

filled the air. Two choppers

Two still alive.

heart thundered in

the toll on his body, but

his strength.

pair of

sideways with his energy, hurling them into the

storm of metal and

the sky as

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

on either side, unconscious and limp,

his arms like lifeless

came

felt like it

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from

of Vancouver growing more distant by the

the corner of his mouth, painting a