Had it been in the past, Colori Phoenix would never have believed him. Yet after seeing Mona let herself go in front of Darryl that night in the stone chambers, Colori Phoenix retracted a great deal of her trust in Darryl.

"I swear I'm telling the truth." Oliver nodded solemnly.

"That b*stard, Darryl Darby," Colori Phoenix gritted out, an icy expression on her features. "I can't believe he would do something like that."

Since Colori Phoenix Phoenix did not have a shred of doubt, Oliver fought to keep the anger in this expression while his chest swelled with satisfaction.

He was too good. He had managed to push the blame onto Darryl with a mere few sentences, and Colori Phoenix had believed all of it.

"I—"

Leia was about to jump out of her skin in anger and panic to explain what had really happened to Colori Phoenix. Yet she was held down by the Essence of Delusion in her body, an unbearable heat spreading through her. Images began to appear in her head as well. Under those circum