Chapter 289
“Watch out!”
As the truck headed toward them, Dahlia’s immediate reaction was to push Dustin away,pletely
disregarding her safety. Realizing that she had nowhere else to escape to, she instinctively shut her ey
es
tightly. Right then, she came to a realization that it might not necessarily be a bad thing to die like this.
At
least he would remember for the rest of his life.
As her eyes closed, a strong figure dashed forward and put itself in front of her. With an ear–
splitting boom, a fistnded on the front of the truck, and metal bent under the force. The sudden oppos
ing force upturned the entire truck, flipping it around, and the trucknded on the ground behind Dahlia
with a crash, debris flying in
all directions.
“Are you okay, Dahlia?” Dustin drew his hand back and quickly surveyed the woman for any injuries bef
ore letting out a breath of relief.
“What in the world happened?” Dahlia’s eyes were opened wide as she gaped at the empty space in fr
ont of her before turning around to look at the overturned truck, shocked. She couldn’t understand how
the truck had made its way behind her, but she might faint if she found out it was thanks to Dustin’s list.
“Are you an idiot? Don’t you know how
to run away when there’s danger? Why the hell would you think of me first?” Dustin snapped furiously.
Fortunately, his reflexes were sharp, or she would have died on impact!
“At the spur of the moment, I couldn’t think much.” Dahlia was pale from fear.
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“You better remember that your safetyes first from now on!” Dustin warned sternly. He would be pl
agued by guilt for the rest of his life if she died because of him.
“Bro, can’t you give me some attention as well?” Adam staggered to his feet grumpily.
“What the hell? Even if you’re saving someone, why would you throw the truck toward me? Is my life no
t important to you? What happened to bros before hoes?” he thought.
“You’re alive anyway.” Dustin responded nonchntly before turning his attention back to Dahlia. “It’s l
ate. Let me send you home.”
He walked over to the road junction and gged
a cab to send her home. It was obvious that he had been the truck’s target, and he didn’t want to drag
her into this mess.
At the entrance to the vi, Dahlia halted and spun around to ask, “Would you like toe in for a cup
of tea?”
“It’s fine. You should
get some rest.” Dustin politely refused as if he hadn’t understood what she was trying to say.
“You idiot!” Dahlia humped, ring at him before spinning around and going into the house.
Dustin waited until the doors closed to look away, his eyes now cold and ruthless. “Adam, help me loo
k into the truck.”
“On it. Give me three minutes.” Adam whipped out his phone and made a call. In less than three minut
es, the results came in. “Done. It turns out the Hummers put a bounty of up to ten billion dors on your
head. Most of the bounty killers should have their eyes on you by now. That truck was one of their atte
mpts.” He
summarized.
“The Hummers.” Dustin narrowed his eyes, the air around him turning murderous. He hasn’t settled the
score
of being captured by the military. How dare they act up again!
“What’s the n? Do you want me to bring my team to their house and destroy their whole family?” Ad
am asked nonchntly.
“It’s fine. I’ll take care of it.” Dustin answered coolly. “If they’re going out of their way to ensure my deat
h, they
better not be surprised when I do the same!”
He spun around and disappeared into the darkness.
Back at the Hummer Vi.
“Josh, it’s time for you to take your meds.” Tina brought some medicine over to Joshua’s bedside.
“I can’t be bothered to take them right now.” Joshua frowned in displeasure. “Jade hasn’t returned since
morning, and I can’t reach her phone. Do you think something happened to her?”
“Stop overthinking. Josh. She’s from the Grant family. What could happen?” Tina shook her head.
“T–
then, do you think she’s disgusted that I’m crippled and wants to end it with me?” Joshua asked again.
Ever since his core was destroyed, he lost his pride, turning anxious and sensitive instead.
“Of course not!” Tina refuted him straight away. “I can tell that she really likes you. I bet she’s running al
l over the ce for you. Didn’t she promise to avenge you before she left this morning? So, stop worryi
ng.”
“I must be thinking too much.” Joshua sighed. As the fallen Chosen One, something inside him had cha
nged tremendously.
“Josh, rest well, and don’t overthink this. Dad went to Millsburg to ask for medicine from Dr. Watkins. I’
m sure all your injuries will be gone in no time with the panacea.” Tina reassured him.
“You’re right. After I recover, I’ll rise to the top once more!” Joshua swore through gritted teeth. “I’ll mak
e sure
Rhys suffers like never before!”
Just then, the lights went out, plunging the room into darkness.
“What’s happening?” Joshua demanded anxiously.
“Calm down, Josh. The breaker must have tripped. Tina went over to the door and shouted, “Somebod
y go check the breaker.”
Silence was all she got in response, the entire vi terrifyingly silent.
“Hey! Are you guys deal?” Tina yelled again, but no one responded.
Joshua had a bad feeling something was going to happen. “Something’s wrong! Let’s get out of here!”
He sprung up and prepared to run when a tall figure walked into his room without a sound.
“Who the hell are you?” he shouted.
“The person who’s going to kill you.” The figure slowly lifted its head, and from the moonlight shining th
rough
the window, Joshua finally had a clear look at the other person’s face.
“It’s you? W–w–weren’t you arrested? When did you get out?”
Joshua began to back up in terror. Just this morning, he’d received Tina’s message that the military had
captured Custin. How did he get free in less than a day?
“Anyst words?” Dustin asked coldly.
Tina threatened. “You better not mess around, Rhys! We have Boulderthorn and the Grants‘ protection.
If you
touch-”
Before she could finish her sentence. Dustin flicked his wrist, and a silver needle embedded itself into h
er forehead.
Tina twitched before tilting her head back and falling to the ground, dead.