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. 

nowhere near the workers when the painting fell, so why did the surveillance footage show otherwise?

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,

up 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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened,

you destroy a painting worth that

still tied up, started hurling insults at

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

insults, was unable to get a word out.

Callahan,” Trent ordered.

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

was released, then slapped her with all his strength. “Useless

wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It really wasn’t

accuse you of this?!” Lex shouted, slapping her a few more

have mercy on

mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because of a phone call from Thea Callahan?”

dawned on Thea. “You…

do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the western border. Wiping you out will be

to the 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

old man

“Yes, sir.” 

dragged Lex, still sobbing, out of the

other Callahans watched on, frozen in horror.

Callahans were doomed,

b*tch! You did

didn’t we abort you

fault! Why are you dragging the rest of

have nothing to do with Thea!

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