Darryl's mind went blank, and a pang of immense guilt filled his heart. He had returned too late; Nancy might have still been alive if he had arrived a little quicker. He looked around—what he saw made his head buzz, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. Xenia and the other Oracles were guarding Yennie's corpse with tears-streaked faces.

'Yennie's dead too?' Darryl's eyes instantly became bloodshot. He still had not fully processed Nancy's death, and seeing Yennie lying dead on the groun