The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 207

Chapter 209

Jessica slammed her hand down on the polished oak table, Her voice echoing through the wide foyer.

"Enough of this!" She glared at Alex, her eyes wild with desperation.

"Hand over the antidote, Alex! We'll count this as our loss, but I won't let Charles die. Not like this."

Alex paused only for a split second, hatred etched into every rigid line of his jaw.

Then he turned away without a word and strode out the grand entrance, his boots pounding hard against the marble floor.

The echo lingered, mocking Jessica's plea.

Jessica's heart sank. She could see it clearly: Alex had no intention of saving Charles.

Charles clutched his side, trembling as unbearable pain crawled through his veins.

Sweat poured down his temples, his face a mask of pure agony.

"I'm sorry!" he shouted, his voice shaking as he fought to stay upright. "Please... just give me the antidote, I swear I won't ever cross your path again!"

His pride-once unshakeable-had shattered under the threat of death.

It took everything in him to spit those words out, to humble himself before someone he'd always treated as beneath him.

But Alex was long gone.

Jasmine stood still, her posture poised, her gaze a bladed edge slicing the thick tension.

Alex just whispered to her,

"In a world that devours the soft-hearted, kindness becomes a liability, and mercy a fatal flaw."

Jessica's eyes snapped to her.

"Jasmine," she yelled, "Give your brother the antidote-now."

Jasmine folded her arms, her sigh carrying a lifetime's worth of frustration.

"Must you always defend Charles, Mother? Even now, when he's the one trying to destroy me?"

Jessica's restraint frayed. "Stop it!" she hissed, turning on her daughter. "He is your brother!"

demanded, "if you had to choose between me or Charles,

she tried

to make. You are both my children. I refuse to lose either

every time Charles waves a knife my way, you stay silent. The moment he's the one in trouble, you rush to his

"Jasmine," he croaked, "I-I never meant to actually kill you. I only wanted

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turned to him, eyes unyielding. "Spare me the pathetic lies. I might be a

trying to summon authority she barely

asked. It came out quieter than

one last chance. But if he ever tries to hurt me again, if I even sense danger from him, I'll

His voice shook with rage and pain. "You... you're threatening

Alex had secretly slipped her on his way out. Threatening you? Don't flatter yourself.

the tension,

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Give Charles the antidote. Now. If he dies, can you live

murdering me, then mine can just as easily bear the price of

"Enough!" Jessica stopped it.

started this war-he lost, so he kneels. That's the cost of picking a fight you couldn't finish. Next time, I won't waste mercy. And you," she snapped, turning to her mother with fire in her eyes, "you should've stood between us before Charles tried

"He is your

quietly. "Not after he tried to kill me. Charles started this; now he's on the receiving end, and you're howling in outrage. Tell me, Mother, do

Jessica growled,

to tower over her daughter, to use authority to crush this insolence, but she knew the power Jasmine held was all too

insisted, forcing a steadiness into her tone that she didn't feel. "Will you give me that antidote,

"Only if Charles kneels and apologizes. Publicly, sincerely. No

flashed

shudder, he

marble echoed around

nausea

aimed a cold,

low and venomous. “Because when I stand

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him with terrifying calm. "Do it, then. Look at the

your feet.

nerve in his body screaming

with survival inside

hesitation, he bowed his

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