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?"

waved a hand, his expression turning cold. Immediately, two

"Sir."

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

"Yes, sir."

her out by the hair like it was

wearing a thin dress. It ripped under the friction 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

floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

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

all well-versed in business proceedings and immediately caught onto what was

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

attendees had no choice but to bid. Trent was the General of the western border. He had immense power, and crossing

were worth nothing,

item was brought on stage as soon as the last bid was

spiel. "The following item is for Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge. The starting bid is eight million, bidders must bid

had destroyed was also a

the reason why the Xaviers went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him

would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a

bid ten million. I'm getting that

the Zimmermans. We bid eleven

Wilsons.

in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge went

was finally

the crowd was waiting for yet another item,

heels was missing,

a cold breath at the

released once she arrived on

just so happened to

all big names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea's bloodied face terrified them. Their faces went pale as they sat frozen in their seats, not even daring to breathe

"Help… help me…"

out to them like a drowning woman to a straw, calling out to them for help, but no one moved. They lacked the courage

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