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.

you can't heal my master," the guard growled, shoving the barrel harder against his temple, "then you're already a corpse. One bullet, one body bag—that's all you're

talking, heal him now!" Beatrice

his face twisted in anger. "That wasn't

eyes blazed. "Do you want to die here? Heal him now! We'll talk about

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

her voice trembling. "There's no time for that. Let

"Check his vitals. Run the blood

doctors scrambled, drawing blood, checking monitors, their hands trembling as sweat beaded on

the results, his face draining

this can't be

can't be real?" Beatrice

Kevin muttered,

agent shifts every thirty minutes. It mutates into something

heard of such

one hundred and eight variations-no

move and the reaction will

I can't do this anymore. I'm

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

"I can't! This poison was made to

like it. I've only heard the legend its

Even that slum

temper snapped. His voice thundered through the

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

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 room

cracked, her body shaking as the

with rage and

a scream.

conspire to kill

up, Lidia," Beatrice snapped, her words cutting

yourself and drove

this on us-this

the

s

me everything, Beatrice," Lidia demanded,

her hands

Kingston called me? That if I wanted the Vermont governorship, I

to block some so-called miracle doctor-make sure

never said a damn word about Kingston and a doctor

mind raced. Memories crashed