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?"

turning cold. Immediately, two men walked up

"Sir."

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

"Yes, sir."

out by the

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 her wailing

floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

bids were high,

figures in Cansington. 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 funds,

western border. He had immense power,

that were worth nothing, because they knew the alternative would be Trent

stage as soon as the last bid was complete. It

The starting bid

was also a fake. The Xaviers just wanted an excuse to take the

had spread that the 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

true painting was worth a fortune. 1.8 billion dollars would be a fair starting bid for it,

We bid ten million.

bid eleven million. I

representing the Wilsons.

families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge went from being worthless to having a

was finally bought for twenty-one million

was waiting for yet another item, two fully

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

in a

once she arrived on

just so

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 too

"Help… help me…"

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