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. 

workers when the painting fell, so why did the surveillance footage show otherwise?

family. 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

auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened, Thea?!”

you destroy a

shocked, furious, and still tied up, started hurling

being a curse upon their family, and how she had always

their insults, was unable to

Lex Callahan,”

took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This one painting was enough to bankrupt

then slapped her with all his strength. “Useless thing! You’ve ruined our family! We’re doomed!”

“It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It really wasn’t me!”

this?!” Lex shouted, slapping her a

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

Yates started bankrupting us because of a phone call

on Thea. “You… You

getting that one-point-eight billion from you,

to the ground, his energy leaving him completely. He seemed to have aged ten years in a single instance. “We’re doomed!” he wailed in despair.

old man out of here.”

“Yes, sir.” 

soldiers dragged Lex, still

Callahans watched on, frozen in

doomed, and

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

you when we

own fault! Why are you dragging the rest of

I have nothing to do with Thea! Please let me go!”

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