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?"

expression turning cold. Immediately, two

"Sir."

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

"Yes, sir."

restraints, then dragged her out by the hair like it was a

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

of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding as

put up were worth anything, yet their starting bids were

They were all well-versed in business proceedings and

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

western border. He had immense

fakes and forgeries that were worth nothing, because they knew the alternative would be Trent Xavier getting payback on

last

following item is for Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside's Edge. The starting bid is eight

was also a fake. The Xaviers

Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him on

billion dollars would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers

representing the Frasiers. We bid ten million.

bid eleven

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 from being worthless to having a hefty price tag of twelve million dollars, with the

the forged painting was finally bought for twenty-one million

for yet another item,

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

drew in a cold breath at

once she

so she just

They were all big names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea's bloodied face terrified them. Their faces

"Help… help me…"

people around her. Thea reached out to them like a drowning woman to a straw, calling out to them

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