The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 14

The two cuts were a stark contrast to her otherwise fair skin. Blood kept flowing from the wounds, dyeing her neck red.

Her vision turned misty as crystalline tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, falling and mixing with her blood.

She had fallen into despair.

Faced with General Trent Xavier, all her helplessness and hopelessness piled up.

More than anything, hate swelled up within her.

She hated that she ran into that fire because she heard someone calling out for help!

She may have saved one person, but the injury that had been inflicted upon her cost her ten years of torment! Ten years of pain!

She became the laughing stock of the entire school when she got those burns.

Even the friends she was once close with wanted nothing to do with her!

Her classmates treated her like a bringer of plagues, avoiding her as much as they could!

Her family started hating her. Even her own parents treated her like she was worthless!

When her scars were finally healed, she had thought that maybe those ten years of suffering were worth it, after all.

But now, she was once again in the throes of despair.

"Please, General Xavier. This has absolutely nothing to do with us. It's all Thea's fault!"

"Yeah! It's all her fault! Torture her if you want, just please let us go!"

Thea stared up at Trent's expressionless face and listened to the Callahans push her onto the proverbial train tracks, all so they themselves could live. She fell deeper into despair.

"Not talking, are you?"

his expression turning cold. Immediately, two

"Sir."

know what happens when they cross my family. We'll deal with Alex Yates after

"Yes, sir."

dragged her out

between her and the ground. Her skin was rubbed raw as she was dragged to the auction hall. Her wounds sent sharp sparks of pain through her every time they made contact with the ground, but the men

of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was

were worth anything, yet their starting bids

were notable figures in Cansington. They were all well-versed in business proceedings and immediately caught onto what was really

but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds, intending on building his family back

was the General of the western border. He had immense power, and

on were fakes and forgeries that were worth nothing, because they knew the alternative would be Trent

the last

Flowers on Cliffside's Edge. The starting bid is

That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers just wanted an excuse to

Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier

bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had

Frasiers. We bid ten million.

representing the Zimmermans. We bid eleven

representing the Wilsons. We bid twelve

of the wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge went from being worthless to having a hefty price tag of twelve million dollars, with

finally bought for twenty-one million

the crowd was waiting for yet another item,

face. One of her high heels was missing, and

in a cold

once she arrived

her so she just so happened to be facing the

Cansington, but the sight of Thea's bloodied face terrified them. Their faces went pale as they sat frozen in their seats,

"Help… help me…"

a straw, calling out to them for help, but no one moved. They