"Damn it."

Frank could not move when he saw Horey holding the detonator with a vice-like grip, as he also spied a red flash under Gavin's clothes.

He would not get hurt by the bomb, but if he pushed Horey too far and she pressed the detonator, Gavin would not survive.

"Stop, Frank!" Helen cried out anxiously from the phone Horey dropped. "Do you hear me?! Stop! You're going to kill Uncle Gavin! He has to stay safe, you hear me?!

It only got Frank irritated, and he snapped, "Shut up!"

And with that, silence ensued.

"Mmm... Mmmph!!!"

he glanced between Frank and the dropped phone

his restraints, only to tip over and fall on the floor. Even so, his eyes

but he gritted his teeth and shook his head. "N-No. I

Gavin, whom he and Helen owed so much to, just

"Hahaha..."

laughing again. "Oh, Frank! Aren't you a man? Honestly, getting tripped up over some woman? Go on, kill me! I don't want to live anyway-the child inside me won't live without the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom, and it's pointless for me to stay alive otherwise! And I certainly don't dislike the idea of taking a few heads

continued her maniacal ramblings, but

"Hahaha..."

"Master Noirot, Kaiko Wal... Do you hear this? Are you witnessing this?! The man you think is so invincible, so unstoppable, has just given

Frank, a sinister flicker almost visible in her eyes. "I'm never giving up on the

with those words, she threw the detonator

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