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

"Sir."

in Cansington to know what happens when they cross my

"Yes, sir."

her out by the hair like it was a dog's

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 ignored her wailing

top floor of the Cansington Hotel,

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

Cansington. They were all well-versed in business proceedings and immediately

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

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

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

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

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

went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and

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

the Frasiers. We bid ten million. I'm getting

We bid eleven million. I want

representing the Wilsons. We bid

wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge went from being worthless to

the forged painting was finally bought for twenty-one million

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

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

in a cold breath at the

once

positioned her so she just so happened to be facing the

names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea's bloodied face terrified them.

"Help… help me…"

straw, calling out