... Now, how come you seem to blame me"I looked at him with some confusion. He smiled without speaking and stared at me.This close proximity, those pupils-less, pure black eyes made me dizzy—afraid.T...ong was intently examining the beads on my wrist. There were nine of them, all quite large, and each one had an irregular shape. Individually, they would be more than enough to carve a pendant or some...