He began sorting through the inventory, setting aside anything with a plausible origin. There had to be something valuable enough to help without making it look as though he had personally emptied an ancient kingdom's vault.
Anastasia's situation required even more care. Yenna had given him access to the private accounts and explained the arrangements surrounding her sister. He needed to check that everything remained secure without making his interest obvious to the wrong people.
Anastasia still did not know the truth. As far as she was concerned, Yenna was alive, though difficult to reach and perhaps deliberately avoiding public attention. The rest of the world believed much the same.
Outside the few people involved, nobody knew that Asher Veylan had killed her or that she had ended up in the Tower of the Dead. Kael could not explain that to Anastasia, his mother, or anyone else who was forbidden from knowing.
