The Omnipotent 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

"Sir."

I want everyone in Cansington to know what happens when they

"Yes, sir."

her out by the hair like it was a

the ground. Her skin was rubbed raw as she was dragged to the auction hall. Her

Cansington Hotel, the

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

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

Yates had bankrupted the Xaviers, but Trent Xavier had returned to gather

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

and forgeries that were worth nothing,

was brought on stage as soon as the last bid was complete. It

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

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

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

dollars would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one for eight million. This

representing the Frasiers. We bid ten million.

Zimmermans. We bid eleven million. I want that

representing the Wilsons. We bid

was fake, but in order to get on the Western Border General Trent Xavier's good side, some of the 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 of twelve

was finally bought for twenty-one

item, two fully armed

her face. One of her high heels was missing, and she had friction burns on her knees.

crowd drew in a cold

released once she

just so happened to be facing

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

"Help… help me…"

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 between