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?"

cold. Immediately, two men walked

"Sir."

when they cross my family. We'll deal with Alex

"Yes, sir."

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

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

on the top floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

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

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

returned to gather funds, intending

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

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

was brought on stage as soon as the last

The starting bid is eight million,

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

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

a fair starting bid for it,

bid

the Zimmermans. We bid

the Wilsons.

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

forged painting was finally bought for twenty-one

for yet another item,

was missing, and she had friction burns

drew in a cold

was finally released once she arrived

just so happened to be facing

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

"Help… help me…"

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