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,

"Sir."

hall. I want everyone in Cansington to know what happens when they cross my family. We'll

"Yes, sir."

untied Thea's restraints, then dragged her out by

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

Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

up were worth anything, yet their starting bids were high, at least ten

were notable figures in Cansington. They were all well-versed in business proceedings and immediately

Xaviers, but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds, intending on

the western border.

they kept bidding, even when they 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

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

That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers just wanted an excuse to take the

and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had said and bankrupted the Xaviers

true painting was worth a fortune. 1.8 billion dollars would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one for eight million. This was a

We bid ten million.

Zimmermans. We bid eleven million. I want that

Wilsons. We bid

wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit Flowers

finally bought for

for yet another item, two fully

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

in a cold breath at the

released once she arrived

her so she just so happened to

face terrified them. Their faces went pale as they sat

"Help… help me…"

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