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 surveillance footage

your family. In fact, our Tommy is good friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. “If we did do something to offend you,

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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell

you destroy a painting

tied

of being a curse upon their family, and how she had always been

struck speechless by their insults, was unable

Callahan,”

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

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

me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It really

you argue! Would General Xavier falsely accuse you of this?!”

knelt before Trent after he was done. “Please have mercy on my family, General Xavier,”

mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because of a

dawned on Thea. “You… You

doesn’t matter if 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

the old man out of here.”

“Yes, sir.” 

armed soldiers dragged Lex, still sobbing, out of

other Callahans watched on, frozen

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

Callahan, you wicked little b*tch! You did this to

we abort you when we could?!”

your own fault! Why are you dragging the rest of

have nothing to do with Thea! Please

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