An Understated Dominance Novel (Dahlia & Dustin) by Marina Vittori updated 2025-26 - An Understated Dominance Chapter 1953

An Understated Dominance Chapter 1953 –“Miss Linsor, these are the things we found around the camp. There is a strange smell to them. They are the ones that attracted the gerbils.”

Mr. Will held a bunch of black objects and walked up to Grace and others.

These black objects were about the size of soybeans, like some kind of bait, and exuded a special fishy smell.

“What is this?” Grace was a little surprised.

The probe sniffed it; it was a bit pungent.

“It should be a mixture of food and medicine. I just experimented. The smell of these things can quickly attract gerbils to gather.” Mr. Will explained.

“So, the destruction of the materials was not an accident, but someone deliberately murdered it?” Grace quickly determined the answer in her heart.

The food that attracts gerbils is clearly not natural.

“Probably.” Mr. Will nodded and replied, “These black objects are scattered near the supplies we have stored. They are obviously deliberately attracting gerbils. In addition, the people on duty are inexplicably lethargic and are most likely drugged. Taken together, it seems that someone is playing tricks!”

“Following us all the way and then destroying our supplies when we relaxed our guard, leaving us with no way to retreat—the mastermind behind this is really ruthless!” Grace narrowed her eyes, with a cold light in her eyes.

She told herself that she had not offended anyone, but she was repeatedly targeted.

First, the hotel was poisoned, and then the supplies were destroyed, leaving no way for survival at all.

No matter how generous she was, she couldn’t tolerate this kind of thing.

“If you let me know who did it! I’ll skin him!” Garrett cursed through gritted teeth.

“The world is unpredictable, and people’s hearts are sinister. Our route is very hidden. How can outsiders know?” Dustin asked the key point.

They set out in the middle of the night and encountered a sandstorm on the way.

Even if there is a tail behind it, it should be thrown off.

If something like this happened, it couldn’t be ruled out that someone had tipped off the information.

“You mean, there is a mole?” Grace raised an eyebrow and quickly reacted.

“Although it’s not certain, it’s very possible; otherwise, it would be difficult to explain.” Dustin nodded.

“Dustin, you don’t doubt us, do you?” Jackson was the first to speak to prove his innocence: “We, the disciples of the Embersteel Order, behave upright and will never do such despicable things. If you don’t believe it, you can search our tent!”

“Jackson, don’t get excited. I naturally believe in your character.” Dustin smiled lightly.

“Hmph! If it were me, I wouldn’t do such a boring thing. If you really want to take revenge and suppress it directly with force, why use such despicable methods?” Aidan crossed his arms and sneered.

As a martial arts master, if he really wanted to commit a crime, who could stop him?

“Mr. Ridge has high moral character and high respect, so naturally he would not behave like this.” Dustin complimented him.

“Dustin, these are all your one-sided words. If you have no evidence, it’s best not to scaremonger and sow discord here.”Garrett said it with an unhappy look on his face.

“That’s right! When encountering this kind of thing, we should work together instead of guessing at each other. If this is the case, we may fall into the enemy’s conspiracy.”The short-haired woman agreed.

“I’m just guessing. You can’t have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against others.” Dustin said calmly.

Using a swarm of gerbils to destroy their supplies, concealed and safe, he had to admit that the people behind the scenes were extraordinary.

“Everyone, now is not the time to hold people accountable. Let’s think about how to recover the losses, right?” Mr. Will began to smooth things over.

“Mr. Will, how many supplies are there that can be used now?” Grace suddenly asked.

“Miss Linsor, I just asked someone to do an inventory. The remaining supplies can only provide us with three days of survival.” Mr. Will sighed lightly.

They originally had enough supplies to last in the Death Desert for a month, but the swarms of gerbils had destroyed them, and there wasn’t much left.

“Three days?” Grace frowned slightly. “The supplies are too tight. They come and go, and there is simply not enough.”

They wouldn’t be able to enter the oasis until the next day, and they didn’t know how many days they would have to stay there.

Obviously, it wouldn’t work with such a small amount of supplies.

“Miss Linsor, what should we do now?” Mr. Will asked tentatively.

“You choose two elite teams, follow the original route, go to the village to purchase supplies, and then meet us in the oasis. I will leave marks along the way.” Grace made a decision quickly.

Time was running out, and all forces were looking for an oasis. If all the large forces returned and collected supplies again, it would obviously be too late, and they could only act separately.

As long as Mr. Will collected supplies as soon as possible and arrived on time, they wouldn’t have to worry about uncontrollable variables due to a lack of supplies.

“Miss Linsor, I took the person away; what about your safety?” Mr. Will hesitated.

“It doesn’t matter. As long as Mr. Rhys is here, no one can hurt me. Let’s do it as soon as possible.” Grace said calmly.

“yes!” Mr. Will glanced at Dustin and finally nodded.

Others didn’t know Dustin’s identity, but he knew very well that there was such a great master accompanying the young lady.

In terms of safety, there shouldn’t be much of a problem.

Finally, under Grace’s order, Mr. Will led two elite teams and dozens of camels and returned the same way.

“Everyone, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Pack your things and set off quickly.”

Grace did not dwell on the destruction of supplies but immediately ordered the large troops to set off.

The sky was bright and the temperature was normal, which was the best time to go on the road. Otherwise, when the sun shone high and baked the earth, it would be very difficult to move.

The large group kept walking for nearly a day and finally reached their destination at dusk.

When everyone actually saw the oasis, they were shocked and speechless by the sight in front of them.

There were only two words in their minds.

Shocking!