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.

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

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

“Huh?”

shocked by what they had

the blink of an eye, both of

was standing

did that punk just do?”

just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could

that they were both laying unmoving on the

chance. Let her go,” Dustin

Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand

men.

surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not

lightning, and his attacks were extremely

defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered,

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

as the last bodyguard

eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever

with his own strength, just

scene.

so strong?” Chris‘ eyes were wide open

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

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

had been married for three years but she never knew that

Or was it because I

she wondered. 1

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

stated as he slowly

held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer,

and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s hand that was

knife.

twist, the switchblade fell to the floor with a

for a moment before he let out a piercing

“Argh-”

slap to his face just as his shriek barely left

mouth.

as though he had just tasted

are dead meat!” Edward somehow mustered up the courage