Chapter 93

• When Lilith hands me the file, her expression is solemn, her eyes filled with a bleakness I haven’t seen before. I glance at her, furrowing my brow as she exhales, shuddering and then looks at me with a torn expression.
• “What is it?” I asked, the file bare of any labels.
• “You’re not going to like this. Remember that you wanted me to investigate everybody in the council, including the women even though I was certain they had nothing to do with your father’s death?” she asked.