Saintess's Worthless Husband Turned Dragon Commander novel Chapter 216

CHAPTER 159 PART 2

“NO!” Elize’s scream was desperate. “Marcus! I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! Please don’t let him—”

Allen’s men moved forward. Elize scrambled backward, but there was nowhere to go. Hands closed around her arms, lifting her despite her struggles.

Atlas’s smile widened, vicious triumph replacing humiliation. Finally. Finally justice. Finally-

“Actually,” Marcus said quietly, “I changed my mind again.”

Allen’s men stopped, holding Elize suspended between them.

“What?” Atlas demanded.

“I’m keeping her,” Marcus said simply. “And I’m taking you instead.”

The words took a moment to register. Then Atlas laughed-nervous, disbelieving. “You can’t be serious. You just said-”

“I lied,” Marcus interrupted. “To see if you’d take the bait. To see if you were stupid enough to think I’d actually hand over someone I’d already committed to protecting.” His dragon eyes bored into Atlas. “You were. You are. And now you’re going to pay for it.”

“Pay?” Atlas’s confidence evaporated again. “You can’t touch me! I’m Atlas Lancaster! My family-”

“Your family,” Marcus said quietly, “is exactly why this is happening.”

He gestured, and Allen’s men released Elize and moved toward Atlas instead.

“Wait!” Atlas backed up, hands raised defensively. “This is assault! Kidnapping! You can’t just-”

“Can’t I?” Marcus’s smile was cold. “You hired criminals to kidnap Elize. You sent assassins after me. You orchestrated the video leak that put my wife-Quinn Hartford, the Sacred Saintess-in danger. You’ve been playing games with people’s lives because you thought your family name made you untouchable.”

“It does!” Atlas shouted desperately. “Touch me and the Lancaster Family will destroy everything you—”

Marcus slapped him.

Not with a beer bottle. Not with enhanced objects. Just his hand, moving with dragon speed and power that made the impact sound like thunder.

Atlas’s head snapped sideways. Blood exploded from his nose, splattering his expensive suit. He staggered, would have fallen if Allen’s men hadn’t been there to catch him and hold him upright.

The room collectively gasped. Simeon actually squeaked. Brandon looked ready to faint.

“That’s for the video,” Marcus said calmly. “For endangering my wife.”

“You… you hit me…” Atlas’s voice was thick with blood and disbelief. “You actually…”

“And I’m going to do it again,” Marcus confirmed. “Unless you’d like to apologize.”

“Apologize?” Atlas spat blood. “For what? For trying to punish a girl who humiliated me? For defending my family’s honor? For-”

Another slap. Harder this time. Atlas’s other cheek split open, adding fresh blood to the mess already covering his

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“Wrong answer,” Marcus observed. “Try again. Apologize for orchestrating attacks on people under my protection. Apologize for sending assassins after me. Apologize for every scheme you’ve run thinking you were too important to face consequences.”

“I’ll never-” Atlas started.

The third slap actually lifted him off his feet. Allen’s men barely caught him before he hit the floor. When they hauled him upright again, his face was a mask of blood and swelling, his earlier perfect appearance completely destroyed.

“This is war,” Atlas managed through broken lips. “You understand that? The Lancaster Family will come for you with everything-”

“Good,” Marcus interrupted. “I’m counting on it. Because when they do, I’ll be ready. And when I’m done, the Lancaster Family will understand what the rest of Five-River Province is starting to learn.”

He leaned close, his dragon aura making the air feel thick and oppressive.

“I’m not some nobody you can push around. I’m not some tool you can use and discard. I’m the Dragon King. And in this province, my word is law.”

Another slap-methodical, deliberate, devastating.

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