Chapter 32 A Blood Curse

• I was so terror-stricken that my heart nearly stopped beating. I thought she must've flipped through the photos and recognized one of the celebrities, but instead, she shrieked, "You must be trying to trick me! You won't bring them to me if I let you go!"
• "I'm not trying to trick you!" I immediately raised my hand. "I swear that I'll come back."
• I felt like a Casanova who was lying to one of his paramours by saying that he'd be back even though he knew very well he wasn't going to come back!