An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

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.

As they drew nearer to him, Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each of the men’s faces.

And just like that, the two huge men collapsed to the floor as though they had been struck by lightning and were motionless.

“Huh?”

shocked by what they

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

was standing there

did that punk just do?” Edward’s expression sank.

bodyguards; they could take on a group of people on their own without

were both laying unmoving on

Let her

dreams! Get him!” Edward retorted angrily

men.

behind him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting

his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with its

defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin,

of a few breaths, they were all lying on

hall was completely silent as the last bodyguard

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

many men with his own strength, just

scene.

is this guy so strong?” Chris‘ eyes were

trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra

an indecipherable expression on her face once she came back to

been married for three years but she never

at hiding it? Or was it because I never

she wondered. 1

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

am your reckoning,” Dustin stated as he slowly advanced toward Edward.

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

threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash,

knife.

fell to the floor with a loud clattering

a moment before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig being slaughtered.

“Argh-”

off with a slap to his face just

mouth.

though