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.

growled, shoving the barrel harder against his temple, "then you're already a corpse.

heal him

back, his face twisted in

die here? Heal him now! We'll

around, suspicion flashing in her eyes. "What

"There's no time for that. Let Kevin treat Jericho first. We'll talk

"Check his vitals. Run

drawing blood, checking monitors, their hands trembling as sweat beaded

stared at the results,

this can't be

can't be real?"

Kevin muttered,

active agent shifts every thirty minutes. It mutates into something new

ever heard of such a thing

into one hundred and

move and the reaction will

staggered back, his face ghost-white, sweat pouring down his temples. “Beatrice... I can't do this anymore. I'm

coat. "Do your damn job! Our lives depend on

poison was made to kill without mercy. It was designed to be

heard the legend its name whispered

Even that

temper snapped. His voice thundered

came here because you promised me

swore you'd pay me whether I healed him or not-that was our agreement! You also said if Master Kane dies, you'll seize control of the Kane family

the room like a

cracked, her body shaking as

with

at Beatrice, her voice a scream. "You... you and

conspire

Lidia," Beatrice snapped, her words

chose Doctor Kevin yourself and drove out

dare put this on us-this disaster is yours. You

now bear the

s

everything, Beatrice," Lidia demanded, her voice shaking

threw her hands up, her

do you want me to say? That Kingston called me? That if I wanted

doctor-make sure no one with the title

face drained of color. "You never told me that. You never said a damn word about Kingston and a

mind raced. Memories