The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 14

 

 

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!” 

push her onto the proverbial train

are

expression turning cold. Immediately, two men walked up to

“Sir.” 

happens when

“Yes, sir.” 

restraints, then dragged her out by the hair like it was

was rubbed raw as she was dragged to the auction hall. Her wounds sent sharp sparks of pain through her every time they

the Cansington Hotel,

worth anything, yet their starting bids were high, at least ten times higher than what they would be worth normally.

in Cansington. They were all well-versed in business proceedings

bankrupted the Xaviers, but Trent Xavier had returned to gather funds, intending on building his family back

but to bid. Trent was the General of the western border. He had immense power, and crossing him was the last thing any

even when they 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

brought on stage as soon as the last bid was complete. It was Moonlit

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

destroyed was also a fake. The Xaviers

had 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

painting was worth a fortune. 1.8 billion dollars would be a fair starting bid for it, yet now the Xaviers had offered a fake one for eight million. This was a

Frasiers. We bid ten million. I’m

Zimmermans. We bid eleven million.

the Wilsons. We bid twelve million!”

Western Border General Trent Xavier’s good side, some of the wealthier families started bidding in earnest. Soon enough, the forged Moonlit

painting was finally

the crowd was waiting for yet another item, two fully armed men dragged a

caked her face. One of her high heels was missing, and she had friction

drew in a cold breath

was finally released once she

just so happened to be

people sat at the auction stand. They were all big names in Cansington, but the sight of Thea’s bloodied face terrified them. Their faces

“Help… help me…” 

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