Chapter 17 

The sun rose, shining brightly on the world.

The citizens woke up, got ready, and started a brand new day.

In the morning, the chairman’s office, the Celestial building.

"Mister Yates, something major went down last night."

A beautiful, sexy woman stood next to Alex, recounting what happened at the Xaviers’ auction yesterday.

"Trent Xavier kidnapped Thea and her family?"

Alex was stunned when he heard this.He followed up with, "Did Trent die in the end?"

"Yes, sir.

According to news sources, Trent was going to take the Callahans out before coming after Celestial.Before he could do anything to Thea Callahan, a man in a ghost mask appeared.He’s Warren Xavier’s murderer, and he killed Trent too."

Alex waved a hand.

"That’s enough."

His secretary left.

to himself, "Laying a finger on Thea is like courting death.What good is a deputy commander of the Western border? Even the Blithe King of

never cared much about the Xaviers or

At Common Clinic.

of strong hands was holding hers.She felt boneless and limp.She wanted to

fallen asleep at the side of

jolted him

he said,

Thea asked weakly, "Jamie, where

in trouble yesterday.Everyone had been kidnapped.I was lucky enough to evade

learn his true identity.Thea was just a

out, she would

for Thea to experience a

I couldn’t protect

blamed himself for what

happened last night,

"why? Why me?"

she felt completely

helpless.She prayed and begged for him to let her go, but he only

hands tightly, saying, "I’m

sorry.I should have gone

had

Thea would

of crying, or maybe she was exhausted.Her sobs grew

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