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?"

turning cold. Immediately, two men walked

"Sir."

know what happens when they cross my

"Yes, sir."

Thea's restraints, then dragged her out by

and the ground. Her skin was rubbed raw as she was dragged to the auction hall. Her wounds sent sharp sparks of pain through

floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

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

in Cansington. They were all well-versed in business

but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds,

border. He had immense power, and

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 them for not

stage as soon as the last bid was complete.

"The following item is for Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge. The starting bid

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

reason why the Xaviers went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had said and bankrupted the

bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one for

bid ten million. I'm getting that

bid eleven

representing the Wilsons. We

Western Border General Trent Xavier's good side, some of the wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers

forged painting was finally

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

heels was missing, and she had friction burns on her knees. Blood continued

drew in a cold breath at the

finally released once she arrived

her so she just so happened to be

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

"Help… help me…"

she spotted the numerous people around her. Thea reached out to them like a drowning woman to a straw, calling out to them