All Chapters of Saintess’s Worthless Husband Turned Dragon Commander: Chapter 281
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CHAPTER 158 PART 2
Atlas's carefully maintained composure cracked slightly. "Watch your mouth. You don't know what you're—""I know exactly what I'm talking about," Ives shot back. "Everyone in this room knows. You're a coward. A bully. And worse—you're pathetic."The insult landed like a physical blow. Several people actually gasped. Nobody spoke to Atlas Lancaster like that. Nobody.Atlas's face flushed dark red, but he forced himself to breathe, to regain control. Ives Abbott was protected by her family name. Hurting her would create complications he didn't need tonight.Instead, he turned his full attention to Elize."You," he said quietly, advancing on her corner. "Do you have any idea what you've cost me? The embarrassment? The humiliation? The damage to my family's reputation?"Elize pressed herself further into the corner, terror written across her features. "Atlas, please—""Please?" Atlas's laugh was ugly. "Now you say please? Not when you were making a fool of me in front of the entire provin
CHAPTER 159 PART 1
The moment Marcus Steel stepped fully into the room, the temperature seemed to drop ten degrees. It wasn't physical—the heating system still hummed quietly in the background—but every person present felt it. A pressure that made breathing harder, made hearts beat faster, made the survival instinct scream warnings that the rational mind struggled to process.Atlas Lancaster's face went from angry red to ashen white in the span of a single heartbeat.He knew that face. Had memorized it after the Pearl on the Water humiliation. Had commissioned a full investigation that yielded almost nothing—just vague reports that Marcus Steel was connected to the Abbott Family, had somehow earned Miguel Abbott's deference, and possessed wealth that didn't appear in any public records.But the investigation had also revealed something more disturbing. The Shadow Warrior Atlas had hired—the one sent to eliminate Marcus after the bunny costume scandal—had simply vanished. No body in the morgue. No admiss
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"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
CHAPTER 160 PART 1
The silence in Room 507 was profound and terrible. Not the comfortable quiet of peace, but the suffocating absence of sound that comes when fear has stripped away every instinct except survival.Even the music that had been playing earlier remained off, as if the sound system itself understood that what was happening required witnesses, not distraction.Atlas Lancaster swayed slightly, held upright only by Allen's men gripping his arms. Blood ran freely from his nose, his split lips, the gash on his head where Nathan's bottle had connected.His Tom Ford suit—eight thousand dollars of pristine tailoring—was ruined beyond any dry cleaner's ability to restore.More than that, though, was the ruin of his face. Swollen. Bleeding. Unrecognizable compared to the perfectly groomed young master who'd walked in twenty minutes ago.Marcus Steel stood before him, hands relaxed at his sides, dragon aura radiating controlled power that made the air feel heavy and oppressive.His knuckles showed tra
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Another slap from Marcus silenced him. Then a kick—dragon-enhanced force driving into Atlas's stomach, folding him over despite Allen's men trying to hold him upright. Atlas retched, dry-heaving, the pain overwhelming."They're not cowards," Marcus observed. "They're survivors. They understand what you still haven't grasped—that your name means nothing when faced with actual power."He looked around the room, his gaze landing on each young elite in turn. Most couldn't meet his eyes. Those who tried looked away within seconds, unable to sustain eye contact with the Dragon King."You," Marcus pointed at Trevor, still on the floor bleeding and sobbing. "Get up."Trevor scrambled to his feet, swaying dangerously, one hand pressed to his bleeding forehead. "Yes, sir?""Do you want to leave this room alive?" Marcus asked."Yes! God, yes, please—""Then you're going to do something for me." Marcus gestured to Atlas. "You're going to slap Atlas Lancaster. Hard. And then you're free to go."Th
CHAPTER 161 PART 1
Marcus Steel surveyed the room with dragon eyes that missed nothing—the trembling hands, the pale faces, the way every person present was carefully avoiding looking directly at Atlas Lancaster's broken form on the floor. Fear had settled over the space like a physical presence, thick enough to taste."Everyone," Marcus said quietly, his voice cutting through the silence like a blade. "Line up."The young elites exchanged panicked glances. Line up? For what?"I said line up," Marcus repeated, his dragon aura flaring just enough to make breathing difficult. "Single file. You're each going to give Atlas Lancaster exactly what Trevor just gave him. One slap. Clean. Hard. Then you can leave."The horror on their faces was almost comical. Atlas was still conscious enough to process what Marcus had just ordered, and his swollen eyes widened with fresh fear."Wait," Atlas managed through split lips, his voice barely recognizable. "Wait, Brother Steel. Let's... let's talk about this."Brother
CHAPTER 161 PART 2
Comments stopped being playful and turned shocked. The video was shared hundreds of times within minutes. People who'd been at other parties, other venues, started calling friends. News spread through Five-River Province's social networks like wildfire.Atlas Lancaster. One of the Four Great Young Masters. Getting beaten in public.It had to be fake. It couldn't be real. Nobody would dare—But the video didn't lie. The blood was real. The swelling was real. And slowly, terribly, the truth began to sink in.Atlas's phone—still in his jacket pocket despite everything—started ringing. The vibration was loud enough to be audible across the room. It rang once. Stopped. Rang again immediately.Ives walked over and plucked it from his pocket before anyone could stop her. She glanced at the screen and smiled. "Elijah Lancaster. That's your brother, right?"Atlas tried to speak but couldn't form coherent words through his destroyed mouth.Ives answered the call and put it on speaker. "Hello?"
CHAPTER 162 PART 1
Ives Abbott could barely contain her glee as notifications flooded her phone. Shares. Comments. Reactions. The video of Atlas Lancaster's humiliation was spreading through Five-River Province's social elite like wildfire, and she was at the center of it all."Look at this one," she said to no one in particular, scrolling through responses. "'Is this for real?' Yes, Karen, it's very real. 'Someone's going to get in trouble for this'—yeah, Atlas!" She laughed, the sound bright and utterly carefree.Marcus Steel watched her from across the room, his dragon eyes narrowed with calculation and concern. What Ives saw as entertainment, he saw as a lit fuse racing toward a powder keg."Ives," Marcus said quietly. "Stop posting.""What? Why?" She looked up, genuinely confused. "This is perfect! Everyone needs to see what happens when someone like Atlas tries to bully people. Public humiliation is exactly what—""Public is exactly the problem," Marcus interrupted, his voice hardening. "If this h
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The panic in the room was palpable and growing. These were children who'd spent their entire lives cushioned by family names and inherited wealth. Consequences had always been abstract, something that happened to other people. But now, watching their social standing crumble in real-time, the abstract became viciously concrete.And slowly, inevitably, the blame shifted."This is your fault," Carter Woods turned on Ives, his voice shaking with rage and fear. "You recorded it! You posted it! We were all trying to keep quiet, trying to figure out how to handle this, and you made it PUBLIC!""I was just—" Ives started."Just what?" Simeon cut in, her earlier loyalty to Elize completely forgotten in the face of her own crisis. "Just having fun? Just being vindictive? Do you have any idea what you've done to us?""The Abbott Family will protect you," Trevor said bitterly. "Your father's connected. Your name means something. But us? We're finished. Every single one of us. Because you thought
CHAPTER 162 PART 3
"I left the room," Marcus corrected. "I didn't leave the building. Allen's still taking Atlas to the hospital, but I figured you'd come running out here eventually.""They all hate me," Ives whispered. "I ruined everything. Those people's families—their futures—all because I wanted to be clever and post a stupid video.""Yes," Marcus agreed simply. "You did.""I don't know how to fix it!" Fresh tears spilled down her cheeks. "My father can't help. Deleting it didn't work. Apologizing doesn't undo anything. I've destroyed them all and I don't know what to do!"Marcus studied her for a long moment. This was the real Ives—not the spoiled heiress playing games, but the scared girl who'd just learned that actions have consequences and privilege doesn't shield you from guilt."Come with me," Marcus said finally."What?""Back inside. Now." His dragon eyes held hers. "I'm going to fix this. But you're going to help. And you're going to do exactly what I say, when I say it. Understood?"Ives