The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 13

 

 

Outside the Callahans’ villa. 

Dozens of jeeps screeched to a halt as the soldiers that had ridden them here charged onto the Callahans’ home. 

Panic erupted amongst the Callahans. Lex, who had gone to bed, got up again and approached the soldiers in his pajamas. “What’s happened, sir?” he asked the leader frantically, his face pale. 

“Take them.” 

With their order issued, two soldiers grabbed Lex by his forearms and dragged him away. 

 

The others, still groggy from sleep, were also forcibly pulled into the jeeps. 

Meanwhile, a loud bang erupted from Thea’s home. Benjamin and Gladys were awoken suddenly as soldiers filed in and dragged them away. 

Cansington Hotel basement. 

Thea sat tied up on the ground. Soon enough, her family was also brought in. Her grandfather, Lex Callahan; her father, Benjamin Callahan; her uncle, Howard Callahan; her second uncle, John Callahan, and everyone else. No one had been left out. 

All of them had been tied up, too. 

They looked at each other in panic and confusion, not knowing what they had done to offend the Xaviers, or why they were now in a basement. 

Trent sat on the only chair in the room, taking a drag of his cigarette. 

“Do you know why I brought you here, Thea Callahan?” he asked, his expression cold as the soldiers behind him looked on. 

was nowhere near the workers when the painting

us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. “If we did do something to

painting that was worth one-point-eight billion dollars at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex Callahan. Get me the money in exchange for the rest of your

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell happened, Thea?!”

destroy a painting worth that much?!”

still tied up, started hurling insults

of being a curse upon their family, and how she had always been nothing but trouble

speechless by their insults, was unable to get

Lex Callahan,”

had investigated the Callahans’ fortune before he took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in

walked up to Thea as soon as he was released, then slapped her

swollen red face. “It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried

this?!” Lex shouted, slapping her a few more times in rage.

“Please have mercy on my family, General Xavier,” he pleaded

said coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because of

on Thea. “You…

if you know. You can’t do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the western border. Wiping you out will be

ten years in a single instance. “We’re doomed!” he wailed in despair. “The Callahans

old man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

soldiers dragged Lex, still sobbing, out of the

Callahans watched on,

Callahans were doomed,

Callahan, you wicked little b*tch! You did this

didn’t we abort you when

your own fault! Why are you dragging

to do with Thea! Please

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