The Almighty Dominance

A few days passed, and Alex had already slipped back into his routine-only now there was something new.

He had taken Josephine under his wing, training her with a seriousness he reserved for only the most promising.

That woman was a monster in the making.

No wonder she had been so strong since childhood, defeating people twice her size with raw instinct.

She had everything it took to be superhuman-maybe even more talent than Alex himself.

He gave her everything he had, holding nothing back.

He trusted her.

He believed she would use his techniques for good.

No matter how angry Josephine got, she never crossed the line—she hit, regretted, and stopped.

She could never truly hurt someone, let alone kill.

Alex poured everything into her, as if passing down his legacy could somehow pay back the world for his sins.

Josephine threw herself into cultivation, training harder than ever in her room.

She stopped helping him in the clinic, not that it mattered. Few people came anyway.

Alex carried on, his focus split between his patients and the girl who might one day surpass him.

As usual, Alex was distributing food and vitamins to the homeless inside the clinic when a sleek black limousine glided to a stop at the entrance.

The sight alone was enough to freeze the crowd.

Then the door opened, and a woman stepped out-stunning, radiant, out of place in the filth of the slums.

The homeless stared, wide-eyed, their whispers spilling out.

"Isn't it strange?" one muttered. "Why do beautiful women keep coming to this place?"

"First Governor Jasmine, then the model Sophia," another added with awe.

"Fools," an older man snapped, shaking his head. "The real angel here is Josephine. Her beauty matches theirs, but her heart-her heart is pure."

"Yes," another voice chimed in, "I agree completely!"

"Her kindness was the only currency we could trust in this broken world."

The woman paused, her sharp eyes cutting toward them as though she'd overheard every word.

Her smile was dangerous, laced with venom. She stepped closer, her voice cold and mocking.

"You old men... you worthless rats. How dare you claim to know who the most beautiful and kind woman is-in front of me? Now speak. Tell me, who is the most beautiful, the kindest, the perfect girl you know?”

The crowd froze, the silence pressing down on them like a heavy shroud.

lifted his head with a shaky

his words caught

reached into her bag

glint of the weapon in her hand

Kane," she said, swinging the

with fury as she demanded, "Now tell me who is the most beautiful, the kindest, the one

locked

they could no longer stand. One by

voice shaking, "you are the most

bowing his head. one. Please, show us your

are the

ost beautiful

"Miss... we had eyes, but we could not see. Now I see the truth-you are the most perfect woman

threw her head back and laughed, a hard, ringing sound. "Excellent. Since you're all

flourish, she hurled the "dangerous

crowd gasped-then roared in

all, but a thick bundle of

burst apart, raining cash across the courtyard like

scrambling after the flying bills, their hands clawing at the air, their cries filling

high and

queen, and they followed

clinic, who had been

of money, they surged

noise dragged Alex from his

out of the clinic, frowning, only to see Bella Kane striding toward him, looking every inch the

her eyes met his,

mask, the

flushed red, her proud walk faltered, and she

girl caught sneaking out at

bit her lip, her hands twisting nervously as she approached

said softly, almost shy. "How are

an eyebrow, studying her. "I'm fine. How

lip. Her fingers curled together, fidgeting like

I miss you. Ever since the last time you came to help me, I've wanted to see you again. Not for anything else..." Her cheeks

came here to thank me? Don't worry about that. I already

widened as if she'd just remembered something

flooded her face. She

help me, Alex! Something's happened to my

think my dad is going to die. Please... you're the only one I could think of. You saved my life once-I need you to save his

to push Bella away, but she clung to him with desperate strength,

gasped, "my father returned to his position

governor of Vermont

grand welcome party but

went wrong. The morning, he

someone had poisoned him."

s

brimmed with tears, spilling

to help him," she pleaded. "I'll do anything for you. If you cure