The Almighty Dominance (by Sunshine) novel Chapter 532

Matthias’s face went completely white. Panic tore through him as the words poured out in a frantic, broken rush.

“Renata—please. I was wrong. I was wrong to ask for the sixth-generation VÖXEN. I was greedy. Disgusting. Shameless.”

His legs trembled, barely able to keep him standing.

“I’m sorry,” he choked. “I swear I’ll never do it again. Never. Please… please forgive me.”

“That’s it?” Renata snapped. “You think forgiveness will end all of this?” Her eyes burned as she stared at him. “Fine. Then I’ll sit back and eat popcorn while I watch your entire family die. Good luck.”

Baron Sturmfels turned to Renata and dropped his head.

“Renata, please forgive what my son did to you,” he begged. “He was blinded by greed. I’ll repay every cent he stole from you. All of it. Please—tell Mr. Saint-Claire to spare my family. We are innocent.”

Renata’s scream ripped through the room.

“Innocent?” Tears streamed down her face as her voice shattered. “He took all my money. Fine—you can return it. But what about the three years I gave him?” Her chest heaved. “Can you give those back to me?”

Her eyes blazed with fury and raw pain.

“If you’re innocent, then he isn’t. Or is this all my fault now—for loving him?”

Her voice shook with rage. “Fine. Then add my guilt to it. Let my ‘fault’ be the reason your family dies today.”

“Renata!” Matthias snapped, eyes wild, voice unhinged. “I swear I’ll love you—this time with my heart. I’ll give you everything. If not for this woman telling me to take your money, I would never have left you. My eyes are open now. I’ll love you forever.”

Jess stared at him in disbelief.

“What are you saying?” she cried. “You said you loved me.”

“Shut up, you bitch!” Matthias lunged.

His hands closed around Jess’s throat.

“If it weren’t for you,” he snarled, squeezing tighter, “I wouldn’t have fallen this low. This is all your fault.”

Jess clawed desperately at his face, her nails raking his skin. Blood streaked down his cheek.

“Stop… please… stop…” she gasped.

“No!” Matthias screamed. “You’re going to die here!”

In front of everyone, he kept choking her. Harder. Longer. Jess’s struggles weakened. Her arms fell limp. Her body went still.

Silence swallowed the room.

“Renata,” Matthias said, blood dripping from his face as he turned to her. “I killed that bitch. Now I’ll love you. Truly.”

Renata stared at him.

At the man she once loved.

At the man who had just murdered another woman with his bare hands.

Something inside her froze solid.

She felt nothing but revulsion.

She couldn’t understand how she had ever loved someone like him.

Renata broke down completely. She cried until her chest burned, until her vision blurred. None of it felt real. All she had ever wanted was to be loved—but no one had ever truly loved her.

What Matthias had shown her was never love.

It was filth. Rotten, selfish, disgusting filth.

Her tears stopped. Her eyes hardened.

Fueled by rage and revulsion, Renata screamed, “Baron Sturmfels—if you kill Matthias, I will forgive the entire Sturmfels family.”

The room froze.

Matthias stared at her, then slowly turned toward his father. His face drained of all color.

“Father… please. Don’t do this.”

Baron Sturmfels struggled to stand, his wounded thighs shaking violently. Pain twisted his face, but his eyes were clear—resigned.

“Matthias,” he said hoarsely. “You know our family. Your brothers. Your sisters. Your mother. Your grandparents.”

“Father, what are you doing?” Matthias stepped back, panic breaking through.

“If I don’t kill you,” Baron Sturmfels said, dragging one bleeding leg forward, “they will wipe out our entire family. I warned you. I told you not to touch the duke’s daughter. You swore everything would be fine. You said nothing would happen.”

His voice cracked.

“This is what I warned you about for years. And you never listened.”

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