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

haven’t done anything against 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

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,

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell happened,

a

and still tied up, started hurling

accused her of being a curse upon their family, and

by their insults, was unable

Callahan,”

all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This

slapped her with all his

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

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

was done. “Please have mercy on my family,

Trent said coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because of

dawned on Thea. “You… You set

doesn’t matter if you know. You can’t do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy

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

man

“Yes, sir.” 

dragged Lex, still sobbing, out of the room.

on, frozen

Callahans were doomed, and it was all because

wicked little b*tch! You

abort you when

fault! Why are you dragging the rest

do with Thea!

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