The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 274

'Get your pathetic face out of my sight, Scarlett! Every time I lay eyes on you, my blood boils a little hotter, and if you linger any longer."

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"Believe me, I might just lose control and kill you right here," Jericho snarled venomously, his hand sweeping through the air like he was dismissing an annoying insect.

"Yes, sir..." Scarlett's voice trembled, her pride crushed beneath his harsh words.

She bowed deeply, her face etched with pain and shadowed by share.

Turning swiftly, she hurried away, shoulders hunched with humiliation.

Inside her chest, dread coiled tightly, eclipsing even her former rage.

Scarlett knew better than to entertain any reckless thoughts this time. If Owen Whitman, powerful and untouchable, had met such a brutal end, what chance did someone like her stand?

And with Jericho clearly aligned with Alex now, she knew her family could easily be next on the chopping block.

Everyone in town knew Jericho Kane was a lunatic, and lately, he'd grown even more unhinged since losing his prized governorship-almost as if he feared that damned slum doctor more than death itself.

After Scarlett vanished, a quiet moment passed before Bella moved closer and gently hugged her father, trying to reassure him.

"Father, Alex is kind-hearted. He'll forgive Scarlett eventually, I'm sure of it."

Jericho sighed deeply, then cast a speculative glance at his daughter. "Bella, tell me something honestly-do you have feelings for that boy?"

Alex was close to the King, after all.

Perhaps through Alex, he could claw his way back into power.

The idea swirled tantalizingly in his mind, brightening his grim expression.

'If that boy becomes my son-in-law, imagine how much better our lives could become!'

"What?" Bella stammered, her eyes widening in shock before her cheeks flooded scarlet.

"Father! How could you say something like that? Of course not!"

Jericho chuckled dryly, his lips curving into a knowing smile.

"It's alright, Bella. Your father wasn't born yesterday-I see more clearly than you realize. If you fancy someone, don't waste time denying it. Be brave enough to admit it."

Bella lowered her gaze, her voice shaking slightly as her neck flushed brighter. "Father, Alex saved my life-I'm simply grateful, nothing more."

softly, amusement sparking

chase after him. Men like Alex don't come around often, and if you manage to capture his heart, it'd be a stroke of fortune

heartily, sensing opportunity amidst

fallen, wrapping the estate in heavy silence when urgent knocking

peace.

other side of George Whitman's door, "Sir, forgive me for disturbing your rest, but

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instantly, the shadows of concern

the dimly lit room, finding, George already upright on

narrowed suspiciously. "Did you leave

butler replied nervously, stepping closer as

George opened the document and was met with Horrifying images-mutilated corpses, families grieving, all linked to

heart twisted painfully with

butler interjected urgently, his voice breaking with tension, "I have

it?" George growled, his eyes fixed grimly on the chilling photographs. "It's Master Owen, sir... someone

face as he looked up. "And your son, Jed-he's been murdered,"

said an intruder burst into the room and shot him in the head, declaring led responsible for covering

of the document,

Texas with justice, I grant you one

shiver ran down George's spine. He placed the

easily tonight, yet my good deeds spared me this

should we do, sir?"

nothing," George commanded decisively,

be no retaliation. Warn every member of this family to lie low immediately. Any misdeeds must stop this instant- otherwise, they'll answer

relief

a fight with the wrong man. Strip him of every allowance, expel him permanently from our family. Make sure

for his sins," George declared bitterly, his voice ringing with

deepened, cloaking the

the clinic, Josephine tossed restlessly in her bed, trapped within the cruel grasp of a

her unsettling dream, she was innocently opening the clinic doors as she did

tore apart the clinic, smashing cabinets and scattering precious medical supplies in a relentless hunt for something

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fought back fiercely, but the intruders numbered a dozen

could gather her senses, she was bound and dragged away, a helpless

Alex, and she was the ball to

out.

fog of terror, she recognized a face among them: Owen, a brash, arrogant young man whose eyes burned with entitlement, believing that the world bent solely to

she recoiled from his sneering visage, a phone rang out sharply. She remembered hearing Owen call the woman on the other end by name-Scarlett as

toward a shadowed room by a towering bodyguard, Josephine braced herself for

just before they reached their grim destination, the bodyguard leaned