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."

Cansington to know what happens when they

"Yes, sir."

Thea's restraints, then dragged her out by the hair like it was

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 the men

floor of the Cansington Hotel,

bids were high, at least ten

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

but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds, intending on building

was the General of the western border. He had immense

what they were bidding on were fakes and forgeries that were worth nothing, because they knew the alternative

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

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

painting resurfaced. That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers just wanted an excuse to take the

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

worth a fortune. 1.8 billion dollars would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one

We bid ten million. I'm

Zimmermans. We bid eleven million. I

Wilsons. We

of the wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on

finally bought for

item, two fully

high heels was missing, and

crowd drew in a cold breath at the

finally released once

had positioned her so she just so happened to be facing 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…"

hope 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 courage to even speak since the fully armed men stood between them and