I’m gonna add this as a supposition but maybe there’s no real antagonist in there, they’re just wary of each other because they think the other may be plotting something. But given we still don’t have the reasons for Marianne’s disappearance in the first place (that maybe we’ll get soon), it also could be that it has nothing to do with at least Moon Owl and Alexandrite. I was just thinking as Alexandrite has been quite “kind” to Obsidian, at least in terms of helping her to get out + giving her stuff + telling her the truth about how it was not him and he’s older. Some of his previous actions seemed sus to me, but he had no reason to confirm he was not that boy if he wanted to keep her “in his pocket”, also in the same fashion Marianne had no reason to come back in the jewel box and to save him if he was the danger, so I’m just emitting the theory that whatever made Marianne disappear didn’t have to do with him and Moon Owl…
Obsidian going back to where she was before the show but she definitely got more confident, I thought it was great that she tried to save that girl and then to face her ex husband (a piece of crap). Moon owl finding her and helping her to gain the confidence she was missing to get rid of her ex, was amazing as well! What a nice turn, I can’t wait for the next chapter as he will tell her more about himself, so maybe she’ll finally know he was the boy in the library??
Also Marianne appearing in a really badass way, surprising but also good twist! Just hoping she’s gonna be a great character