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. Immediately, two men walked

"Sir."

auction hall. I want everyone in Cansington to know what happens when they cross my family. We'll

"Yes, sir."

dragged her out by the hair like it was a

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 Hotel, the

items they had put up were worth anything, yet their starting bids were high, at least

They were all

Trent Xavier had returned to

western border. He

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

as the last bid was complete. It was Moonlit

The starting bid is eight million, bidders must

painting Thea had destroyed was

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

fair starting bid for it, yet now

bid ten million. I'm getting that

bid eleven million. I

the Wilsons. We bid twelve

enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge went from being worthless to having

painting was finally bought for twenty-one million

crowd was waiting for yet another item, two fully armed men dragged a woman on

caked her face. One of her high heels was missing, and she had friction burns on her knees.

in a cold

finally released once she arrived on

positioned her so she just so happened to be facing

at the auction stand. They were all big names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea's bloodied face terrified them. Their faces went pale as they sat frozen in their seats, not even daring to

"Help… help me…"

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