The Almighty Dominance

Sophia's brow knitted tightly, the haze lifting from her mind as clarity pierced through her confusion.

Her gaze sharpened, landing accusingly on Jack.

"You told me Alex shattered your hands and feet," she snapped, eyes burning like smoldering embers.

"Now you're saying The Thugs hit you? What's the truth, Jack?"

Florence sprang up, her voice shrill with urgency. "Sophia, it was Alex who attacked Jack first, then hired thugs to finish the job! Can't you see the truth?" "That's right!" Jack growled, desperation sharpening the edge of his voice. "Sophia, how can you doubt your own family-your mother and brother-for a nobody like Alex? He nearly killed us!"

Disgusted, Sophia spun on her heels, storming from the room, fury and doubt wrestling within her.

She moved swiftly to find Barco, her mother's trusted driver, but the moment their eyes met, Barco visibly paled, his feet scrambling to escape.

"Stop right there!" Sophia commanded, her voice a cold blade slicing through the air.

"I'm the head of Lancaster now. Take one more step and you're finished!"

Frozen in place, Barco reluctantly turned, sweat pooling on his forehead as he bowed stiffly.

"Miss Sophia," he stammered, avoiding her piercing stare.

"Why were you running?" Sophia's voice was dangerously soft, a quiet storm brewing beneath.

"I—I remembered an urgent errand," Barco muttered weakly, eyes pinned firmly to the ground.

"Enough lies," Sophia warned icily. "Tell me exactly what happened to my mother and Jack."

Barco's throat tightened visibly, his nerves fraying at the edges. He hesitated, struggling under the weight of the truth he had been warned never to reveal.

Finally, he croaked, "I can't say it outright. But there's a dashcam in the car—it recorded everything. See it yourself. Just please, don't tell your mother I gave it to you. Say you found it yourself."

"Fine," Sophia snapped impatiently. "Give it to me now."

Barco fumbled with shaking fingers, quickly transmitting the footage through his smartwatch.

Sophia received it, her pulse accelerating as she pressed play, a dark dread seizing her heart.

The video flickered to life, revealing Jack and Florence perfectly unharmed as they exited Alex's clinic.

But their expressions twisted into venomous rage as they confronted the hired thugs. Faint, angry voices rose from the footage.

"You worthless idiots!" Jack snarled viciously. "I paid you to take Alex down, and you couldn't even touch him! I'm not paying losers like you!"

"You better cough up the cash!" a thug spat back menacingly.

part; it ain't our fault your target was tougher

to pay! If you want money, go back

fault useless bastard!" Florance

How dare you refuse to pay after all we did? Guys, teach them

on camera-blows landing, curses erupting,

heart thundered painfully

sting of betrayal surged, choking

trusted them, believing

family was sacrosanct, their

indisputably, they had betrayed her

twisted her anger toward Alex, who

tears of rage, Sophia stormed back to confront them. She

glaring fiercely at Florence and

been lying to me?" Her voice quivered, raw

eyes wide with feigned innocence. "What are you talking about,

roared, her voice cracking under the weight of her

those thugs who beat you! Why frame Alex?

face twisted, venom dripping

Alex's fault! He hit the thugs. When they couldn't handle him, they turned on

Sophia hissed, her voice trembling but

want to pay the thugs you hired, so they turned on

Jack fell silent.

"Why are you two so hell-bent on tearing us apart? What did Alex ever do

he owes us everything!" Florence thundered, her mask finally slipping,

head slowly,

voice trembling with rage and sorrow. "Why did you lie

accuse us!" Florence shot back, eyes blazing with

owed us. And if he refused to play by our rules, shouldn't we have taught

twisted in disgust. "You're

streak, but this malicious distortion

that triggered this war, yet she

her chin

"Fine, maybe

up, do you think we would have confronted him in the

her eyes

at Hilton-I can have the truth

hesitated, the lie catching in her

eyes,

again, I swear I'll drag every ugly