The Almighty Dragon General

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!” 

at Trent’s expressionless face and listened to the Callahans push her onto the proverbial train tracks, all so they

are you?”

a hand, his expression turning cold. Immediately,

“Sir.” 

Cansington to know what happens when

“Yes, sir.” 

dragged her out by the hair like it was

to the auction hall. Her wounds sent sharp sparks of pain through her every time they made contact with the ground, but the

top floor of the Cansington Hotel, the auction was proceeding

had put up were worth anything, yet their starting bids

the attendees were notable figures in Cansington. They were all well-versed in business

had returned to gather funds, intending on building his

of the western border. He had immense power,

knew what they were bidding on were fakes and forgeries that were worth nothing, because they knew the alternative would be Trent Xavier getting payback on them for not buying anything tonight.

the last

her spiel. “The following item is for Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge. The starting bid is eight million, bidders must bid no less

resurfaced. That painting Thea had destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers just wanted an excuse to take

spread that the reason why the Xaviers went bankrupt was because Thea Callahan had called Alex Yates and put him on speaker, so Alex heard what Joel Xavier had said and bankrupted the

be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one for eight million. This was a

ten million.

representing the Zimmermans. We bid eleven million. I want that painting!”

We bid twelve million!”

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

was finally bought for twenty-one

for yet another item, two fully armed men dragged a

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

in a cold breath at the

was finally released once she arrived

positioned her so she just so happened to be facing the crowd.

were all big names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea’s bloodied face terrified them. Their faces went pale as they sat frozen in their seats, not even daring to breathe

“Help… help me…”