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.

Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each of the

the two huge men collapsed to the floor as though they had been struck by lightning and

“Huh?”

by

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

was standing

What did that punk

two men who had just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on

it was strange that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just

your last chance. Let her go,” Dustin

dreams! Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved

men.

bodyguards behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first,

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

waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who was like a ferocious

and in the short span of a few breaths, they

silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor

staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he

with his own strength, just like in

scene.

guy so strong?” Chris‘

trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out loud,

how to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once she

for three years but she never knew that Dustin was such

good at hiding it? Or

she wondered. 1

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

reckoning,” Dustin stated

a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s

thing I hate most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a

knife.

a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor

before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig

“Argh-”

slap to his face just as his shriek

mouth.

soured, as though

Edward somehow mustered up the courage to throw out