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,

"Sir."

the auction hall. I want everyone in Cansington to know what 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

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

top floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding

of the items they had put up were worth anything, yet their starting bids were

figures in Cansington. They were all

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

the General of the western border. He had immense power, and crossing him was the last thing any of

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

on stage as soon as the last bid was complete. It was Moonlit Flowers of Cliffside's

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

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

had called Alex Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had said and bankrupted the Xaviers

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

We bid ten million. I'm getting that

bid eleven million. I want that

the Wilsons. We bid twelve

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 Edge went from being worthless to having a hefty price tag of twelve million dollars, with

forged painting was finally

another item, two fully

hair was disheveled and blood caked her face. One of her high heels was missing, and she had friction burns on her knees. Blood continued flowing

a cold breath at

finally released once she arrived on

so she just so happened to be facing

people sat 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 breathe too

"Help… help me…"

to them like a drowning woman to a straw, calling out to them for help, but no one