An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

Chapter 17

“Then go to die!” Dustin stated expressionlessly, but his hard gaze was unnerving.

“Go to thell?” Edward burst out laughing.

Even the group of bodyguards standing behind him burst into laughter; all of them looked at Dustin as though he were an idiot.

“You little punk! Don’t you know who I am? You’ve got some nerve speaking to me that way,” Edward said cockily.

“I don’t know who you are, and I couldn’t care less. You have three seconds to let her go, or else,” Dustin stated plainly.

His words instantly caused a stir; even the people who were holding Dahlia were

shocked.

None of them expected that Dustin would say such a thing; he was remarkably brave compared to the silent Chris.

However, such bravery was useless.

“You really don’t know what’s good for you. You’re going to die!” Chris‘ face was full of resentment because Dustin’s show of bravado only made his cowardice even more

apparent.

Naturally, Chris was irritated and even filled with resentment when a good–for- nothing like Dustin was braver than he was.

“Are you fucking insane?” Edward looked Dustin up and down before continuing, “So you want to play hero, huh? Fine! I’ll see just what you’ve got!”

With that, he raised his hand and gave another signal.

Two burly bodyguards swiftly charged forward at the same time to tackle Dustin. Both of them were 6.3 feet tall, extremely muscular, and the size of a bear. They each had an imposing presence.

Dustin looked like a mere child in comparison, so everyone present assumed that this confrontation would be over without suspense.

They were wrong.

swift punches that connected loudly

to the floor as though they had

“Huh?”

was visibly shocked by

in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were on the

Dustin was standing there

did that punk just do?” Edward’s

men who had just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on their own without

laying unmoving on the floor after just

chance. Let her go,”

him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand to

men.

surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked

as lightning, and his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with

waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who

grunts could be heard, and in the short span of a few breaths, they

completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped

and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever

taken down so many men with his own strength, just like

scene.

strong?” Chris‘ eyes were

this really that piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered

knows how to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression

she never knew that

hiding it? Or was it because I never

she wondered. 1

are you!” Edward started panicking at this point and he

your reckoning,” Dustin stated as

Edward shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and I’ll

in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of

knife.

a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor with

a piercing shriek, similar to that of a

“Argh-”

with a slap to

mouth.

instantly soured, as though

dead meat! All of you are dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered up the courage to throw out