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.

grimly, mumbling 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 the West has to yield

had never cared much about the Xaviers or the

At Common Clinic.

strong hands was holding hers.She felt boneless and limp.She wanted to get up, but her

tightly, having fallen

jolted him

said, "Darling, you’re

voice, Thea asked weakly, "Jamie,

Common Clinic.It belongs to 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 road outside, so I

Thea to learn his

found out, she would

wanted was for Thea to experience a

so sorry I couldn’t protect

himself

last night,

"why? Why me?"

night, she felt completely hopeless as she

prayed and begged for him to let her go, but he only cut

hands tightly,

should

kept apologizing.He had

would not be

maybe she was exhausted.Her sobs

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