The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 232

Jericho's breath rasped as Alex's boot ground into his neck.

His checks flamed with humiliation, and his eyes flared with rage and panic.

In all his years clawing his way up-from Vancouver's back alleys to Vermont's glitzy political stage-Jericho had believed himself untouchable.

But now he lay in the dirt like a trampled dog, struggling for every breath under some unstoppable force of a man barely in his

twenties.

He spat dirt from his mouth.

"Let me go..." It came out as a pathetic wheeze, his voice cracking with desperation.

His pilot had been filming everything, eager to broadcast Jericho's triumph to certain smug relatives who'd been hoping to witness him punishing Alex.

Instead, they watched live as Jericho's nose hit the ground and Alex's foot pressed into him, forcing him to choke on his own

shame.

The Vermont families, once bowing to every word Jericho uttered, now stared in horror at his defeat.

They couldn't hear the words exchanged, but they saw enough: Jericho Kane, flattened and forced to kiss the concrete.

Panic spread, and suddenly they rushed to contact Kelly Kingston, throwing their support behind a new governor.

Alex's voice was calm, but each syllable ripped at Jericho's pride.

"Surrender the governorship. Do it willingly, and you and your family get to keep your wealth. You'll stay in business. That's my offer."

Jericho's throat constricted. "And if I refuse?"

Alex pressed down, making Jericho's bones scream.

"I kill you here. Then I'll find your whole family. You won't have a dime left to your name."

He eased up only enough to let Jericho gasp.

"The king has already shown you mercy, even after you schemed to rebel. You think you're so mighty?"

A bolt of terror shot through Jericho. His neck felt on the verge of snapping.

"Fine," he coughed. "I'll step down. Just... let me keep my fortune."

his boot. "That's the deal. Don't

broken, tried to

hell are

said, turning

in a raw, ugly

you're nothing but the king's attack

into the darkness, watching his own ambition dissolve

spent decades building his

fleeing and the governorship lost in

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chest throbbed with rage

never aimed so

he'd reined

dared rebel against the

was too

an hour earlier, chaos had broken out at the

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the ward, panting, hair plastered to his brow. "Something awful is

Florence Lancaster jolted awake.

relatives, who'd been dozing

are you so frantic? What's going on?"

in

supplier in Vermont to attack us. Half of Vancouver's businesses have cut

ward. Florence's heart pounded. "Are

this. Our stock prices are plunging by the

among the

did we ever do

are they targeting

daughter already hit our Sophia, and now

Jericho's

could shatter families

to the

to Clara, who was sleeping on the side

violence.

did we offend the Kanes somehow? What caused

hesitated, choosing

Alex. He showed up at Jericho's party and

about her own hidden

Florence's face darkened.