Nyx, however, completely refused to accept this conclusion.
She gritted her teeth, her voice rising with frustration.
"No. No, that's impossible. Julius is definitely involved somehow. I refuse to believe otherwise!"
Her hands clenched into fists.
"I don't know how he did it, but he's definitely orchestrating all of this. He has to be!"
She looked around desperately.
"Every time I look at him, I can see it in his eyes—he's looking down on everyone here, like he has us all under his control. I can't just accept that he's innocent!"
She turned to Leona with almost fierce desperation.
"There has to be something, Leona! Some detail you noticed that was off about him. Something that proves he's involved!"
But Leona just shook her head sadly.
"I'm sorry, Nyx. I've tried everything I could think of to prove he was responsible. I wanted to believe it too, it would have been easier than accepting the alternative."
"But everything I found pointed in the other direction."
