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?"

a hand, his expression turning cold. Immediately, two men walked

"Sir."

auction hall. I want everyone in Cansington to know what happens when

"Yes, sir."

then dragged her out by the hair like it was a

thin dress. It ripped 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

of the Cansington Hotel, the

yet their starting bids were high, at least ten times higher than what they would be

were all well-versed in

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

choice but to bid. Trent was the General of the western border. He had immense power, and crossing him was the last

fakes and forgeries that were worth nothing, because

as the last bid was complete. It was

bid is eight million, bidders must

happened when the painting resurfaced. That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The

that the reason why the Xaviers went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had said and bankrupted

would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now

Frasiers. We bid ten million. I'm

the Zimmermans. We bid

Wilsons. We

some of the wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge

painting was finally bought for twenty-one

item, two fully armed men

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

in a

once she

had positioned her so she just so happened to be facing the

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

"Help… help me…"

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