Saintess's Worthless Husband Turned Dragon Commander novel Chapter 196

CHAPTER 149 PART 2

Elize Yarrow pushed through the crowd, her hair still disheveled, her eyes puffy from crying. But her voice was firm. “This isn’t Marcus’s fault!”

“Stay out of this, Elize,” Carl warned. “This is family business.”

“No, it’s not!” Elize stepped between Carl and Marcus, her small frame somehow blocking the way. attacked him first! I was there! I saw the whole thing!”

“Amos

“You’re defending him?” Brandon Chen’s voice dripped with disbelief. “After what he did to you?”

“He didn’t do anything to me!” Elize’s frustration exploded. “How many times do I have to say it? I got drunk, made terrible decisions, and Marcus kept me safe! That’s it! That’s the whole story!”

Simeon King shook her head in disappointment. “Elize, you don’t have to protect him. We all saw how you looked coming down from that penthouse-”

“I looked that way because I was hungover and embarrassed!” Elize’s voice cracked. “Not because he hurt me! Why won’t anyone believe me?”

“Because you’re confused,” Amos groaned from the ground. “He manipulated you, made you think-”

“Shut up, Amos!” Elize whirled on him. “You attacked Marcus because you’re jealous! Because you’ve had a crush on me for three years and couldn’t stand seeing me with someone else!”

Amos’s face went white. The confession hung in the air, raw and humiliating.

Carl’s eyes narrowed. “Is that true, little brother? All this because you’re pussy-whipped over some girl?”

“It’s not like that-” Amos started.

“Save it.” Carl’s disgust was evident. “But it doesn’t change the facts. This outsider broke my family’s bones. That requires payment.”

“He was defending himself!” Elize insisted.

“I don’t care.” Carl’s voice was flat. “In Five-River Province, you don’t touch a Davis and walk away. That’s the rule.”

“Screw your rules,” Elize shot back. “Marcus did nothing wrong!”

Carl’s hand moved faster than anyone expected. The slap echoed across the street like a gunshot. Elize staggered, her hand flying to her reddening cheek, shock and pain warring on her face.

“Carl!” Derek looked genuinely surprised. “She’s-”

“She’s running her mouth when she should be quiet,” Carl said coldly, “Someone needed to teach her respect.”

The atmosphere changed instantly. The casual onlookers, the friends who’d been watching the drama unfold- they all recoiled in horror. Hitting a woman, especially one from a respected family, crossed lines even in the underground.

But more importantly, it crossed Marcus’s line,

“That,” Marcus said quietly, his dragon aura beginning to manifest as a palpable pressure in the air, “was a

mistake.”

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Carl turned to him, still riding his adrenaline high. “What are you going to do about it? You’re surrounded by my men, my family, and-”

Marcus was suddenly in front of him, moving so fast Carl’s bodyguards couldn’t even react. His hand closed around Carl’s wrist in an iron grip.

“I have rules too,” Marcus said, his voice colder than winter steel. “And one of them is simple: men who hit women pay the price.”

Carl tried to pull away, but his hand might as well have been caught in a vice. “Let go of me, you—”

“You think being Cesar Pendleton’s right-hand man makes you untouchable?” Marcus’s dragon eyes bored into Carl’s soul. “You think your reputation means anything to me? Let me tell you something about Cesar Pendleton- last night, I made him lick his own shoes before I had him beaten, stripped, and dumped naked at the park entrance. By now, the entire city knows he’s finished.”

Carl’s face went slack with shock. “You… you’re lying…”

“Call him,” Marcus suggested. “See if he answers. See if he’s still the big man you thought he was.”

Derek pulled out his phone, his hands shaking slightly. After a moment, his face went white. “Boss… there are videos… all over social media… Cesar really is…”

“Destroyed,” Marcus finished. “Just like you’re about to be if you don’t apologize to her right now.”

Carl’s bravado crumbled, but his pride wouldn’t let him surrender completely. “You can’t be serious. You want me to apologize to this little-”

The pressure on his wrist increased. Carl gasped as bones began to creak.

“Apologize,” Marcus repeated, his tone leaving no room for negotiation. “Or I break every bone in your hand, just like I did your brother’s.”

“You wouldn’t dare-”

The first crack was audible. Carl screamed.

“Stop! Stop! I’m sorry!” The words tumbled out in a panic. “Elize, I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have hit you!”

Marcus didn’t release him. “More convincing.”

“I was wrong! Completely wrong! Please, just let go!”

The pressure eased slightly but didn’t disappear. Marcus turned to Derek. “You have two choices. Take your cousins and leave right now, or I break both of them in front of your entire crew. Your call.”‘

Derek looked at his thirty armed men, at his powerful cousin who was supposed to be untouchable, at the broken bodies already on the ground. Then he looked at Marcus-standing calm and utterly fearless despite being outnumbered.

Something in Marcus’s eyes told Derek everything he needed to know. This wasn’t a man who could be intimidated by numbers. This was something else entirely.

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