Cecilia had worked hard.
That was what was in Arkai's mind when he opened the manila folder.
After that last meeting with Arzhen following the court proceeding, Cecilia hadn't touched the folder at all. Not once. It sat in her cabinet like a grave she refused to visit, and genuinely, Arkai was worried.
No, he didn't open the folder out of curiosity. He was worried that Cecilia hadn't touched it because of her disgust for Arzhen and everything connected to him.
He understood. How could he not?
Even after his death, Arkai understood that Cecilia might never want to touch anything that bore Arzhen's stain.
But this folder wasn't just about Arzhen. It was about her mother. Summer Silver. The woman who had raised her and loved her when she was a child, lost alone in the world.
The investigation shouldn't end just because the man who had compiled it was a monster.
So he thought, I'll silently investigate further for her. I'll tell her when I find something.
