Chapter 17

The sun rose, shining brightly on the world.

The citizens woke up, got ready, and started a brand new day.

In the morning, the chairman’s office, the Celestial building.

"Mister Yates, something major went down last night."

A beautiful, sexy woman stood next to Alex, recounting what happened at the Xaviers’ auction yesterday.

"Trent Xavier kidnapped Thea and her family?"

Alex was stunned when he heard this.He followed up with, "Did Trent die in the end?"

"Yes, sir.

According to news sources, Trent was going to take the Callahans out before coming after Celestial.Before he could do anything to Thea Callahan, a man in a ghost mask appeared.He’s Warren Xavier’s murderer, and he killed Trent too."

Alex waved a hand.

"That’s enough."

His secretary left.

smiled grimly, mumbling to himself, "Laying a finger on Thea is like courting death.What good is a deputy commander of the Western border?

cared much about the Xaviers

At Common Clinic.

good night’s rest, Thea woke up.When she came to, a pair of strong hands was holding hers.She felt boneless and limp.She wanted to get up,

having fallen

shouts jolted

he said,

voice, Thea asked

family was in trouble yesterday.Everyone had been kidnapped.I was lucky enough to evade capture, quietly following them to Cansington Hotel.When I got

want Thea to learn his true identity.Thea was just a

found out, she

he wanted was for Thea to experience

I couldn’t protect

himself for

remembered what happened last night,

"why? Why me?"

she felt completely hopeless

felt hopeless and helpless.She prayed and begged for him to let her go, but he only cut her face up slowly.She broke

squeezed her hands tightly, saying, "I’m

sorry.I should

kept apologizing.He had let her

would

of crying, or maybe she was exhausted.Her sobs grew quieter and quieter, and she

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