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. 

not. She knew she was nowhere near the workers when the painting fell, so why did the surveillance footage show otherwise?

your family. In fact, our Tommy is good friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex

at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell happened, Thea?!”

you destroy a painting worth that much?!”

Callahans, shocked, furious, and still tied up, started hurling insults

her of being a curse upon their family, and how she had always been nothing but trouble for

was unable to get a word out.

Lex Callahan,” Trent ordered.

fortune before he took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This one painting was enough to bankrupt them entirely.

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

swollen red face. “It wasn’t me,

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

knelt before Trent after he was done. “Please have mercy on my

Trent said coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates

dawned on Thea. “You…

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

energy leaving him completely. He seemed to have aged ten

old man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

Lex, still sobbing, out

other Callahans watched on, frozen in

The Callahans were doomed, and it was all

little b*tch! You did this to us!”

abort you when we

you dragging

with Thea! Please

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