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 fell, so why did the surveillance footage

In fact, our Tommy is good friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. “If we did do something to offend you, I promise I’ll personally make

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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened,

a

tied

family, and how she had always been nothing but trouble for them.

was unable to

Lex Callahan,” Trent ordered.

he took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were

her with all his strength. “Useless thing! You’ve ruined our family!

me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It really

argue! Would General Xavier falsely accuse you of this?!” Lex shouted, slapping her a few more

“Please have

said coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because of a phone call from Thea

dawned on Thea. “You…

that one-point-eight billion from you,

to have aged ten years in a single instance.

old man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

dragged Lex, still sobbing, out of the

other Callahans watched on, frozen in

The Callahans were doomed, and

wicked little b*tch! You did this to

didn’t we abort you when we could?!”

your own fault! Why are you dragging the rest of

do with Thea!

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