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. 

the workers when the painting

you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with

off. “Thea Callahan destroyed a 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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell happened,

did you destroy a painting worth

still tied up, started hurling

and how she

by their insults, was unable to

Lex Callahan,” Trent

fortune before he took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This

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

“It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she

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

“Please have mercy

mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us

Thea. “You…

you know. You can’t do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from

completely. He seemed to have aged ten years in a single instance. “We’re doomed!” he wailed in despair. “The Callahans

old man out

“Yes, sir.” 

Lex, still sobbing, out of

other Callahans watched on, frozen in

Xavier was completely serious. The Callahans were doomed, and it was

wicked little b*tch! You

we abort you when

are you dragging the rest of us

with Thea! Please let me

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