I think I’m letting this one go. Honestly I hate romances that get too caught up in misunderstandings, because ultimately both parties end up being at fault; but often the story takes too long to clear it up. In some ways, this feels like my second least favorite Shakespeare play , Othello; except Duora is Othello and Nocturn is Desdemons (Othello’s wife). I think if one of the characters (even the side characters) were trying to clear up the misunderstanding, it would improve the story a lot. Because it would encourage either Nocturn to be more open, or encourage Duora to look at things from a different perspective. Even if Alice was still saying “stay away”, if there was another character say “you don’t understand” or “you need to talk to her”; it would encourage Duora and Nocturn to try and get to the bottom of things... sadly we have yet to encounter said character, and I think I’ve had enough.