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.

nearer to him, Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each of

like that, the two huge men collapsed to the floor as though they

“Huh?”

by what they had just

understood what had happened as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards

was standing

that punk

his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on their

were both laying unmoving on the floor after just

last chance. Let her go,”

angrily and waved his hand

men.

behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting any more time on

were as fast as lightning, and his attacks were extremely fierce. Each

were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in

be heard, and in the short span of a few breaths, they were all lying

hall was completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor

slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them

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

scene.

so strong?” Chris‘ eyes

trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered out

Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once

three years but she

at hiding it? Or was it because I

she wondered. 1

Edward started panicking at this point and he

your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he slowly advanced

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

turned cold and in a

knife.

with a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor with a

before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to

“Argh-”

up.” Dustin cut Edward off with a slap to his face just

mouth.

instantly soured, as though he had

Edward somehow mustered up the courage to