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

Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. “If we did

at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex Callahan. Get me the money

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell happened,

did you destroy a painting worth

shocked, furious, and still tied up, started hurling

upon their family, and how she

was unable to get

Callahan,” Trent ordered.

up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This one painting was enough to

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

her swollen red face. “It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried out.

you of this?!” Lex shouted, slapping

after he was done. “Please have mercy on my

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

on Thea. “You… You set me up?!”

I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the western border.

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

old man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

armed soldiers dragged Lex, still sobbing, out

other Callahans watched on,

completely serious. The Callahans were doomed, and it was

little b*tch! You

we abort you when we

Why are you dragging the rest of us into this?!”

have nothing to do with Thea! Please let

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