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.

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

much about the Xaviers

At Common Clinic.

to, a pair of strong hands was holding hers.She felt boneless and

Thea’s hands tightly, having fallen

shouts jolted him

he said, "Darling,

a familiar voice, Thea asked

a friend.Your family was in trouble yesterday.Everyone had been kidnapped.I was lucky enough to evade capture, quietly following them to Cansington Hotel.When I got there, I saw you lying on the

did not want Thea to learn his true identity.Thea was just a

she found out, she would be greatly

wanted was for Thea to experience a

so sorry I couldn’t protect

blamed himself

remembered what happened last night, feeling

"why? Why me?"

night, she felt completely hopeless as

and helpless.She prayed and begged for him to let

squeezed her hands tightly,

so sorry.I should have gone with

apologizing.He had let her

not for him, Thea would not be

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

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