The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 222

Chapter 224

Everyone in the ballroom knew one unspoken rule:

Never cross the Kanes.

So when this random nobody smacked Bella Kane across the face, felt like time itself froze.

Every head turned, jaws hanging open. The gasp was almost a collective choke.

"Is he out of his damn mind?" someone muttered.

"He actually hit Bella Kane... He must have a death wish."

A hush fell, thick with fear and disbelief. For as long as anyone remembered, Bella was the one who dished out the torment-

never the other way around.

In that moment, the unthinkable had happened.

Bella swayed on her heels, hand pressed to her flaming cheek.

Her eyes were wide with equal parts shock and wrath.

No one, no one, had ever dared lay a finger on her.

"You-" she spat, voice cracking, "you dare... you dare hit me?"

Alex felt adrenaline rattle his veins. He'd lashed out before thinking; a part of him hated that he'd struck a woman.

He flexed his hand, trying to ignore the sick churn in his gut.

"Kill him!" Bella shrieked, voice echoing off the marble walls. "Now!"

Her security detail snapped to attention, batons raised like they were itching to break bones-some even pointing their guns.

The onlookers scattered, some scrambling behind tables, others pressing themselves flat against the wall.

Everyone watched, hearts pounding, expecting Alex to be torn to pieces.

But he stood there, posture calm, expression unreadable.

In an instant-thud, thud, thud-the guards crashed down as though their legs had been yanked out from under them.

A few face-planted; others buckled at the knees.

Their eyes were wide with terror, as if caught under the gaze of some demon cloaked in human skin.

"Hey! I need more backup out here-now!" one of Bella's bodyguards growled into his earpiece, voice cracking with an edge of

fear.

Alex kept advancing, calm and unhurried.

Step. By. Step.

Each footfall resonated against the polished marble, a steady metronome of menace.

if her designer heels suddenly weighed a

fear. "Stop

among the guests sprang forward, spurred by

"I'll kill you for laying a finger on

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in a smooth, practiced motien, effortlessly

scooped up à fallen guard's

deafening crack tore

Bang!

single shot

ominously as the

ducked in terror, covering their heads. Screams tore through the crowd, raw

cold as

after you, unless you decide to be stupid. My problem is that

her face blanched whiter than the

at

a bitter laugh

brutalized, and not a single one of you lifted a finger. Yet the minute Bella's in danger, you all leap to

man glared up

Alex was on him-pressing the warm barrel of the pistol

be

of a soul. Slap Bella across the face, right now. Or I'll paint these floors with

pinpoints. "You... you're out of your

Bang!

the side of the

the pristine marble. He howled, folding

me again," Alex hissed, his voice low. "The next bullet rips

room-listen up. You all turned a blind eye to Sophia's suffering. Now you'll make it right. Each and

impatiently. "Anyone who refuses gets the

of the crowd. In answer, Alex fired

grazed the speaker's thigh. He collapsed, wailing, grabbing at

serious I am,” Alex snapped. "Next shot will take a limb-or

doors, a few guests tried inching toward freedom. But they froze when they spotted four masked men armed with assault rifles blocking the

one of the masked men growled, the barrel of his weapon tracing a lazy path across the

turn you

forward, lips curled in outrage. "You

you're messing with! My father

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Bang!

man didn't hesitate. The

dropping him instantly.

even finished

ripped through the hall

while others stared at the

regarded them all with cold contempt. "See? When you allow evil to flourish-when you stand by and do nothing-you are just as guilty. Now pay your

big man he'd already wounded. You. Get up.” Blood trickled

count to three," Alex said. "And if your hand

"One."

hit harder than a

man cast a

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