The Almighty Dominance

“Lidia!” Beatrice shouted. "How can you even call yourself a mother? Your daughter is out of control."

"You've failed-utterly failed. You're a disgrace as a mother; you should be ashamed."

Lidia turned on her. "Beatrice, I'll warn you only once. Bella is Jericho's daughter. She already carries the authority of the Kane family and the governor himself."

"If she decides to kill me, no one will stop her. So you'd better make damn sure the doctor you brought here saves Jericho-he's the only one who can keep Bella under control."

Beatrice's face twisted in outrage.

"I'm trying to do what's best for my brother! How dare you let her threaten me? I should teach my niece how to show respect to her aunt!" She spun on her heel to storm out.

A Kane guard raised his pistol and fired.

The shot cracked, and Beatrice screamed as the bullet tore into her leg. Blood gushed down her skirt, pooling on the floor.

"Holy God! You shot me?!" Beatrice wailed, clutching her leg.

"You're dead! Do you hear me? You're all dead!" Never in her life had anyone dared to threaten her like this.

The guard's voice was cold. "Miss Bella has given the order. No one leaves until Master Kane wakes up. If he dies, every last one of you dies with him."

"This is insane!" one of the junior doctors barked, his face pale. "I don't care what you do—I'm leaving!"

He made a move toward the door.

The guard didn't hesitate. One shot to the head.

The man dropped lifeless to the floor. The room froze in horror.

"Now he can leave," the guard captain said with chilling calm.

He gestured, and two guards dragged the corpse out by the arms, the body leaving a smear of blood across the marble.

"Only a dead man passes this door. Anyone else want to try?"

All eyes turned, one by one, to Doctor Kevin. The air was thick with fear.

Beatrice hissed, "You'd better cure Jericho Kane. Our lives are in your hands." Kevin's lips trembled. "I-I want out. But, I don't think I can cure Governor Kane." The guard captain stepped forward, pressing the barrel of his gun against Kevin's temple.

"Doctor, don't forget-you stole this chance from Mister Alex. You swore you could heal our master. You'd better do it... or I'll blow your head off."

Kevin's face blanched, his knees shaking.

"I... I am a professor at Oxford. You can't kill me," he stammered, clinging to the title as if it could save him.

barrel harder against his temple, "then you're already a corpse. One bullet, one body

Kevin stop talking, heal him now!" Beatrice

his face twisted

to die here? Heal him

head whipped around, suspicion flashing in her eyes. "What do you mean,

voice trembling. "There's no time for

barked at his medical team. "Check his vitals. Run the

checking monitors, their hands trembling as sweat

the results,

can't be

be real?"

poison," Kevin muttered, his voice

thirty minutes.

heard of such a thing

that transforms into one

wrong move and the reaction will explode inside

temples. “Beatrice... I can't do

Beatrice screamed, grabbing his coat. "Do your damn job!

"I can't! This poison was made to

seen anything like it. I've only heard the legend

at Oxford! Even that slum doctor claimed he had a ninety percent chance

snapped. His voice thundered through

that lowlife! I came here because you promised me fifty million dollars-not to cure Jericho, but

him or not-that was our agreement! You also said if Master Kane dies, you'll seize control of the Kane family and take the governor's

hit the

body shaking as the

flooded with rage

scream. "You... you and Kevin!

dare you conspire

her words cutting like

Kevin yourself and drove out that

on us-this disaster is yours. You made

the risk, dann

s

me everything, Beatrice," Lidia demanded, her voice

her hands

do you want me to say? That Kingston called me? That if I wanted the Vermont governorship,

so-called miracle doctor-make sure no one with the title 'God's Hand'

me that. You never said a damn

raced. Memories