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

"Sir."

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

"Yes, sir."

then dragged her out by the hair

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 her wailing pleas for mercy, no

on the top floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding

bids were high, at least ten times higher than what they would be

figures in Cansington. They were all well-versed

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

the western border. He had immense power, and

were worth nothing, because they knew

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

starting bid is eight million, bidders must bid no less than half a

when the painting resurfaced. That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The

went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had

be a fair starting bid for it, yet now

We bid ten million. I'm

Zimmermans. We bid eleven million. I want that

the Wilsons. We bid

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

the forged painting was finally bought for twenty-one million

crowd was waiting for yet another item, two fully armed

One of her high heels was missing,

in a

finally released once she

so she just so

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 for help, but no one moved. They