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.

delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with

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

“Huh?”

visibly shocked by what they

had happened as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were on

was standing there

did that punk just do?” Edward’s expression

they

that they were both laying unmoving on the floor after just

Let

him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand to signal

men.

behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and

were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with

slaughtered, in the face of Dustin,

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

as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with

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

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

scene.

Chris‘ eyes

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

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

but she never knew that Dustin was such

really good at hiding it? Or was it because I never

she wondered. 1

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

am your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he slowly

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

hate most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s hand that

knife.

switchblade fell to the floor with a loud

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

“Argh-”

Edward off with a slap to his face just as his shriek barely

mouth.

instantly soured, as though he had just

All of you are dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered