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.

words left his mouth. She had always suspected

his smile twisting. “She came back fifteen years ago. While you were away. Broken. Abandoned by her man. She wanted to return

laughed again, louder, harsher. "Do you know what that meant? It meant she would inherit the governor's seat. Mine! She was nothing

body shaking.

said, his eyes

she dared to come back?

venomous,

hope, begging me to spare her. But it was already too late. She

other side, Jose caught the thunder of engines before the headlights cut through

pounded against gravel, and twenty armed men poured out like a pack of wolves

lights, their weapons gleamed, cold and merciless, as they advanced

the crowd, a scar running

standing inside

"Governor Jose," the gangster

you believe the irony? Your own

dollars to put you

And that's

us a million more

once he

had feared this day,

he had raised

was the nightmare

Jose spat, pulling his pistol and

on him. The leader

and twenty bullets tear through your chest. You can't

and the young man there-we'll kill you quick. William promised we'll

standing between Jose and the guns. Her voice cracked

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you're doing? This

this. Lay a

and you'll hang for

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

lived my years. You're still young. Don't waste

me, kill me if you must.