The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 382

Everyone carries some regret in life.

For Lucia, the regret went back twenty years-when she failed to stop her only daughter from giving her heart to a man with no honor, a poor peasant with nothing to his name.

"Maria," Lucia said, her voice sharp with authority.

"You must remember, we come from the family of the Governor of Vinland. You cannot marry a man with no identity, no honor."

"Mother!" Maria cried, tears streaming down her face.

"I don't care about titles or standing. I love him. And he loves me. Why can't we be together?"

Lucia's tone hardened. "You're still young. Love fades. Men like him cling to women like you only for power, only for position. He is using you!"

Maria's eyes flared with defiance.

"You adopted William as your son! He's the one you always praise, the perfect man in your eyes-and I'm nothing compared to him."

"Then give him the governor's seat! I don't want any of it. All I want is to be with the man I love."

"That is impossible!" Lucia thundered.

And so, in a moment that shook the household twenty years ago, Maria fled with her lover.

She vanished, beyond the reach of guards, trackers, or family influence. She was never found.

In her absence, Lucia and her husband Jose turned to William, grooming him to be the next governor.

Jose believed William would grow into a good governor, the kind of man he once pretended to be.

But Jose was wrong.

With Maria gone forever, William lost all restraint. Knowing the seat would one day be his, the darkness inside him finally clawed its way out-and there was no turning back.

Now, years later, Lucia's voice trembled as her eyes welled with tears. "Ten years ago, I found Maria's pendant on the sofa. Tell me, William... tell me what you did to her."

William laughed, cold and cruel. "Maria? Don't worry. I'll tell you everything-since you and Jose are about to die anyway."

He had already called the gangsters, men who owed him favors, to kill Jose. Even now, they were closing in.

left his mouth. She had

“She came back fifteen years ago. While you were away. Broken. Abandoned by her

"Do you know what that meant? It meant she would inherit the governor's seat. Mine! She was nothing but

voice cracked, her body shaking. "You killed

said, his eyes burning red

position. And then she dared to come back?

grew venomous, every

begging me to spare her. But it was already too late. She died staring at me in disbelief... and I made damn sure she would never stand in my

other side, Jose caught the thunder of engines before the

a stop outside the estate. Doors slammed, boots pounded against gravel, and

party lights, their weapons gleamed, cold and merciless,

a scar running across

and Josephine standing inside

"Governor Jose," the gangster

you believe the irony? Your own adopted son

put

that's not

us a million more

once he takes

He had feared this day, dreaded the betrayal

raised

now, here it was the nightmare come to

spat, pulling his pistol and leveling it at the

on him. The

twenty bullets tear through your chest. You can't win. But maybe I'll keep that

the young man there-we'll kill you quick. William promised we'll be his personal guard when

between Jose and the guns. Her voice

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realize what you're doing? This is murder. You' face

Lay

you'll

with pride at her courage. For the first time that night, he felt

said, his voice heavy with age and sorrow, "I've lived

me, kill