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?"

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

"Sir."

everyone in Cansington to know what happens when they cross my family. We'll deal with Alex Yates after getting rid

"Yes, sir."

men untied Thea's restraints, then dragged her out by the hair like it was a dog's

hall. Her wounds sent sharp sparks of pain through her every time they made contact with the ground, but the men ignored her wailing pleas for

the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding

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

the attendees were notable figures in Cansington. They were all well-versed in business

Xaviers, but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds, intending

no choice but to bid. Trent was the General of the western border. He had

fakes and forgeries that were worth nothing,

as the last bid was complete. It

on Cliffside's Edge. The starting bid is eight million, bidders must

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

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

painting was worth a fortune. 1.8 billion dollars would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the

bid ten million. I'm getting

We bid eleven million. I want that

the Wilsons. We bid

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

was finally bought

as the crowd was waiting for yet another item, two fully armed men dragged

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

crowd drew in a

once she arrived

positioned her so she just

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

"Help… help me…"

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