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. 

did not. She knew she was nowhere near the workers when the painting fell, so why did the

friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,”

a hand, cutting Lex 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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell

destroy a

furious, and still tied up, started hurling insults at

curse upon their family, and how she had always been

was

Lex Callahan,” Trent

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

as he was released, then slapped her with all his strength. “Useless thing! You’ve ruined

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

General Xavier falsely accuse you of this?!” Lex shouted, slapping her a few more times

after he was done. “Please have mercy on my

you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started

“You… You

do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or

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

man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

soldiers dragged Lex, still sobbing, out

on,

was completely serious. The Callahans were doomed, and it was all because of

you wicked little b*tch! You

we abort you

Why are you dragging the rest of

nothing to do with Thea! Please

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