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?"

waved a hand, his expression turning cold.

"Sir."

what happens when they cross my family. We'll

"Yes, sir."

restraints, then dragged her out

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

Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

put up were worth anything, yet their starting bids were high, at

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

returned to gather funds, intending

Trent was the General of the western border.

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

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

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

painting resurfaced. That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers

was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had said and

starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one for eight million. This was a

representing the Frasiers. We bid ten million. I'm getting

representing the Zimmermans. We bid eleven million.

the Wilsons.

but in order to get on the Western Border General Trent Xavier's good side, some of the wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's

the forged painting was finally bought for twenty-one million

yet another item, two fully armed men dragged

missing, and she had friction burns on her knees. Blood continued flowing freely from

in a

once she arrived on

she just so happened to

people sat at the auction stand. They were all big names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea's bloodied face

"Help… help me…"

renewed 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