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?"

expression turning cold. Immediately, two men walked

"Sir."

happens when they cross my family. We'll deal with Alex Yates after getting rid of the

"Yes, sir."

her out by the hair like it was

under the friction 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

on the top floor of the Cansington

of the items they had put up were worth anything, yet their starting bids were high, at least ten times higher than what they would be

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

Yates had bankrupted the Xaviers, but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds, intending on building his family

the western border. He had immense power, and crossing him

were worth

item was brought on stage as soon as the last bid was complete. It was Moonlit Flowers

beautiful auctioneer started her spiel. "The following item is for Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge. The starting bid is eight million, bidders must bid no less than half a million every time they make a

what happened when the painting resurfaced. That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers just wanted an excuse

reason why the Xaviers went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put

be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers

Frasiers. We bid ten million. I'm

representing the Zimmermans. We bid eleven million.

the Wilsons. We bid

Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge went from being

painting was finally

another item, two fully armed men dragged a

blood caked her face. One of her high heels was missing, and she had friction

crowd drew in a cold breath at

finally released once she

her so she just so happened to be

the sight of Thea's bloodied face terrified them. Their faces went pale as they sat frozen in their seats, not even daring to breathe too

"Help… help me…"

as she spotted the numerous people around her. Thea reached out to them like a drowning woman to a straw, calling out to them for help, but no one moved. They lacked the courage to even speak since the fully armed men stood between them